Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].

About this Item

Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
Rights/Permissions: The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes, with permission from their copyright holder. If you decide to use any of these materials, you are responsible for making your own legal assessment and securing any necessary permission.
Link to this Item: http://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln7
Cite this Item: "Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln7. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2025.

Pages

August 3, 1864

Abraham Lincoln:

President of the United States of America.

To His Majesty Leopold,

King of the Belgians.

Great and Good Friend: I have received the letter which Your Majesty was pleased to address to me on the 25th. of May last, announcing that the Duchess of Brabant, Your Majesty's well beloved daughter-in-law, had been happily delivered of a Princess, upon whom the names of Stephanie Clotilde Louise Herminie Marie Charlotte had been bestowed.

I participate in the satisfaction afforded by this happy event, and offer to Your Majesty my sincere congratulations upon the occasion. And so I recommend Your Majesty, and Your Majesty's Royal Family to the protection of the Almighty. Your Good Friend,

Washington, August. 3d. 1864. ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

By the President,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.