Title: The first White House library
Description: "Examines the founding in 1850 of the first library in the White House purchased with public funds, which was intended to remain there as a permanent collection. Documents the contents of the library and considers it within the political, social, and intellectual milieu of mid-nineteenth-century America"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Books and reading, Catalogs, Intellectual life, Libraries, White House (Washington, D.C.), History, Library catalogs, Fillmore, millard, 1800-1874, White house (washington, d.c.), Libraries, united states, United states, intellectual life, Washington (d.c.), history
Places: United States, D.C. Washington
People: Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), Abigail Powers Fillmore (1798-1853)
Time periods: 19th century