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Abraham Lincoln,
President of the United States of America.
To Her Majesty Dona Isabel II,
By the Grace of God and the Constitution
of the Spanish Monarchy, Queen of Spain,
&c., &c., &c.
Great and Good Friend: I have received the letter which Your Majesty was pleased to address to me on the 28th. of May, last, announcing that the Duchess of Montpensier, Your Majesty's beloved sister, had on the 12th. of the same month safely given birth to an Infante, upon whom, in sacred baptism, had been bestowed the names of Felipe Ramon Maria.
I participate in the satisfaction which this happy event has afforded to Your Majesty's Royal Family, and offer 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 25, 1862.
By the President:
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
Annotation
[1] Copy, DNA FS RG 59, Communications to Foreign Sovereigns and States, III, 191.