[LINCOLN -- ASSASSINATION]. Four autograph letters signed from U.S. diplomats and foreign notables, on the death of Lincoln: PORTER, William, American Consul at Tripoli. ALS to William Fessenden, Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln, 11 May 1865. 4pp., 8o, on blue paper, expertly mounted, ink on verso. "On the 27th April I received from James C. Winthrop the following telegram: Malta April 27 9 A.M. President Lincoln Murdered Secretary Seward nearly killed Gel. Lee prisoner, rebel army surrendered...As you may suppose the news was Terrible and Distressing" -- WILKINSON, Gareth, British religious leader. ALS to Mr. Linton, 27 April 1865. 4 pp., 8o, expertly mounted on card. "...Alas! What an anachronism Joy is for the moment, in the martyrdom of Abraham Lincoln...If only they will treat the Assassin to Life, & not to Death. Death is the gift to martyrs: how should we throw it away upon murderers?..." -- BLANC, Louis, French Socialist journalist. ALS to Minister Charles Francis Adams, Londres [London], le 27 Avril [April] 1854. 1 page, 4o, expertly mounted, in French: "As a Frenchman, I would like you to know the extent of the profound grief I have experienced at the news horrible assassination with Mr. Lincoln coming to be its victim..." -- TUPPER, Martin Fahrquar, English writer and poet. 6 May 1865. 3 pp., 8o. Expertly mounted on card. A fair copy of his poem, Lincoln's Martyrdom, which starts out, "That noble kindly great forgiving Soul, - That simple honest good unselfish Heart. - Just as his patient strength had touch'd the good. Just as the patriot had outplay'd his part. By Murder stricken down - O basest crime..." Provenance: Philip Sang collection, sale 26 April 1978, lot 201 (part). (4)