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.

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

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