Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Miguel de San Roman1Jump to section

March 4, 1863

Abraham Lincoln,

President of the United States of America.

To His Excellency The Marshal Don Miguel San Roman,

Constitutional President of the Republic of Peru.

Great and Good Friend: I have received the letter which you addressed to me on the 29th. October last, informing me of Your Excellency's elevation to the Presidency of the Republic by the free suffrages of your fellow-citizens and offering to me assurances of your desire to cultivate the relations established between our respective Governments.

I congratulate your Excellency upon this token of the confidence of the people of Peru, and I am satisfied that your Excellency's experience and statesmanship will be constantly exerted for the best interests of the Republic. It shall be my constant desire so to conduct the relations of this Government that Your Excellency may always look to the United States as a faithful and true friend.

I pray Your Excellency to accept the assurances of my earnest wishes for your personal happiness and for the prosperity of Peru.

And so, commending you to the care of the Almighty, I remain Your Excellency's Good Friend. ABRAHAM LINCOLN

By the President:

WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.

Washington, 4 March, 1863.

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[1] Copy, DNA FS RG 59, Communications to Foreign Sovereigns and States, III, 202-203.

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