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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April 12, 1864

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States of America.

To His Majesty Alexander II.

Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias

&c. &c. &c.

Great and Good Friend: I have received the letter which Your Imperial Majesty was pleased to address to me on the 26th. (14) of January last, announcing the birth of the 22d (10th) of that month of a son who has received the name of Pierre to Madame the Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna, Spouse of Your Imperial Majestys well beloved brother His Imperial Highness Monseigneur the Grand Duke Nicolas Nicolaewitch.

Your Majesty does but justice to my sentiments in the conviction which you have been pleased to express that I will take, in an event so satisfactory to you, and Your Imperial House the same interest which Your Majesty is ever inclined to take in all that concerns the prosperity of the United States, and I beg Your Majesty to accept my sincere congratulations upon the occasion: And so I recommend Your Majesty's Imperial Family to the protection of the Almighty. Your Good Friend ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Washington, 12th April 1864.

By the President

F. H. SEWARD. Acting Secretary of State.

Page 297

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[1] Copy, DNA FS RG 59, Communications to Foreign Sovereigns and States, III, 218-19.

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