Letter of condolence from Lincoln to Vice President of Peru, Don Pedro Diez Canseco, upon the death of the President of Peru, Don Miguel San Roman - American History 1493-1945 - Adam Matthew Digital

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC01085
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to the 1860s
Title	Letter of condolence from Lincoln to Vice President of Peru, Don Pedro Diez Canseco, upon the death of the President of Peru, Don Miguel San Roman
Date	13 May 1863
Author	Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Additional authors	Secretary of State Seward (1801-1872)
Recipient	Don Pedro Diez Canseco
Document Type	Correspondence; Government document
Content Description	Countersigned by Secretary of State Seward. Letter of condolence to Vice President of Peru Canseco upon the death of the President of Peru Don Miguel San Roman. Canseco succeeded Roman, was shortly overthrown, and eventually regained power through a series of revolutions. Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. VI 1862 - 1863, p. 212 - 213.
Subjects	Death President Global History and Civics Government and Civics Latin and South America
People	Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Place written	Washington, D.C.
Theme	The American Civil War; The Presidency
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information	The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. VI 1862 - 1863, p. 212 - 213.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Transcript	Show/hide Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, To His Excellency, Señor, Don Pedro Diez Canseco, Second Vice President of the Republic of Peru, charged with Executive Power.- Sir: I have been deeply touched by the announcement, contained in the letter which you addressed me under date of the eleventh ultimo, of the decease of the Most Excellent President of the Republic of Peru, the Grand Marshall, Don Miguel San Roman. Regarding the interests of the Spanish American Republics with no common concern, [2] I have not failed to observe the incidents of the brief administration of the Grand Marshall, Senor San Roman, with admiration and respect, and to anticipate for the Republic a most prosperous and brilliant future in the development of his wise and sagacious policy. I offer to your Excellency and to the Peruvian Nation my sincere sympathy and condolence in this painful event. As your Excellency has entered upon the duties of the Presidency, ad interim, under Constitutional Sanction, prescribing to yourself such a course as must invite the approval and cooperation of other Powers, I cannot but believe that the Supreme Ruler of the Universe will guide the counsels of Your Excellency to a happy issue.[3] And so commending you to His Safe and Holy Keeping, I remain, your Excellency's good Friend, Abraham Lincoln By the President, William H. Seward Secretary of State. Washington, May 13th 1863.

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