Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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August 17, 1861

Abraham Lincoln,

President of the United States of America.

To Her Majesty Isabel II,

By the Grace of God and the Constitution

of the Spanish Monarchy, Queen of Spain,

&c., &c.

Great and Good Friend: I have received the letter which Your Majesty was pleased to address to me on the 22nd. day of June, last, announcing the birth of an Infanta, upon whom had been bestowed in sacred baptism the names of Maria del Pilar Berenguela Isabel Francisca de Asis Christina Sebastiana Gabriela Francisca Caracciola Saturnina.

I participate in the satisfaction afforded by this happy event, and offer to Your Majesty my sincere congratulations upon the occasion.

May God have Your Majesty always in His safe and holy keeping! Your Good Friend, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, August 17, 1861.

By the President:

WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.

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[1] Copy, DNA FS RG 59, Communications to Foreign Sovereigns and States, III, 178-79.

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