Today in history
Subtitle: April 24
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: History; National libraries; Library of Congress
Other titles: April 24; Books for Congress
Description: Brief description of the origins of the Library of Congress with the first appropriation by President John Adams on April 24, 1800 for the purchase of "such books as may be necessary for the use of congress."
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

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