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 Isabel II1Jump to section

April 4, 1863

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

Great and Good Friend: I have received the letter which Your Majesty was pleased to address to me on the 30th. of January last announcing that Her Royal Highness the Infanta Dona Maria Cristina, had, on the 17th. of that month happily given birth to a son, who has received at the holy baptismal font the names of Luis Jesus, Maria Isabel, Jose, Francisco de Asis Sebastian

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

May God have Your Majesty always in His safe and holy keeping ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Washington, April 4th 1863

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, 226.

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