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Cdar Hill. Anacostia. D.C.
July 13. 1889.

My dear Bassett.

Soon after your previous letter, quite un-
expectedly to me, Mr. Blaine departed for Bar Harbor, to rre
main there, the papers say, until October. He evidently
left here for the purpose of being entirely free from the
pressure of the office seekers.

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