Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte Paris, April 26, 1865. Sir: I believe I am fulfilling a duty, but a very painful one, in begging you to accept the expression of the profound…
Young Men of France Paris, May 1, 1865. Citizen Minister: President Lincoln has fallen by the assassin’s pistol; the representative of a democracy of noble and consistent virtues has fallen…
Universal Religious Alliance Paris, May 2, 1865. Sir: Instruments as we are to works of reconciliation and peace, we cannot remain silent at this event that has excited the indignation…
Inhabitants of Strasbourg Strasbourg, May 9, 1865. Abraham Lincoln’s life was a long homage paid by that honest man to the rights and liberties of the people who elected him.…
Clement Friendship Lodge Clement Friendship Lodge, Paris, May 14, 1865. Sir: Impressed with profound grief for the death of Abraham Lincoln, this lodge has unanimously decided to assume mourning for…
Perseverance Lodge Perseverance Lodge, Orient of Paris, May 15, 1865. Sir: The members of this lodge rejoice in the restoration of the American Union, while they lament the loss of…
Saint John’s Lodge, No. 147. The Heroes of Humanity Orient of Paris, May 20, 1865. Saint John’s Lodge, No. 147. The Heroes of Humanity. Extract from the minutes of the…