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

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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.
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September 12, 1864

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States of America

To His Imperial Majesty Napoleon III

Emperor of the French.

Great and Good Friend: I have received the letter which Your Majesty was pleased to address to me on the 28th. of July last, announcing that Madame the Princess Marie Clotilde Napoleon, Your Majesty's well beloved Cousin had been happily delivered of a second son, upon whom the names of Napoleon Louis Joseph Jerome, had been bestowed

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

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occasion. And so I commend Your Majesty and Your Majesty's Royal Family to the protection of the Almighty. Your Good Friend

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Washington, 12th September, 1864.

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, 241.

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