Federal Society of Gymnasts to Andrew Johnson

Federal Society of Gymnasts to Andrew Johnson

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Gymnastics--Societies, etc.

Federal Society of Gymnasts

Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, 1763-2002, Entry 177: Foreign Messages on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, 1865, National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

1865-05-15

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Le Locle

Switzerland

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America, and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866), 586-87.

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America, and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867), 761.

[Translation.]

the federal gymnastic society, central committee.

To his Excellency Andrew Johnson,
 President of the United States:

Locle, May 5, 1865.

The central committee of the Federal Gymnastic Society, in the name of the young men of Switzerland, join in the many testimonies of sympathy which have been sent to you from Switzerland, for the noble cause you are defending.

The news of the horrid crime committed upon the person of your worthy President Abraham Lincoln, the great citizen who did so much for liberty in his country, was painfully received by the sons of free Helvetia; but his task will not remain unfinished, it will be continued by his worthy successor.

A great cry of condemnation arose in Europe, and we join it with all our soul, hoping the noble cause you defend will yet triumph over all opposing obstacles.

We address ourselves to you, Mr. President, in the name of all the sections of the Federal Gymnastic Society, in expression of the confidence we have in the successor of the noble and virtuous Lincoln.

HENRY GRAND JEAN,
President.

ALFRED DUBOIS,
GUSTAVE VUILLEME,
 Vice-Presidents.

ALEXANDRE COURVOISIER,
JULES GUINAND,
 Secretaries.

FERDINAND RICHARD,
 Treasurer.

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