Letter : House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., to William L. Perkins, Painesville, Ohio, 1877 Mar. 24.

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Letter : House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., to William L. Perkins, Painesville, Ohio, 1877 Mar. 24.

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Expresses thanks for Perkins' appreciation of his decision to decline the senatorship, which he sacrificed for the public good.

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