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President James Madison Approved an Act of Congress to Purchase Thomas Jefferson's Library

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The Law Library

The Law Library in the Madison Building shown here in 1832 housed 2000 volumes

CREDIT: "The Law Library's First Quarters in the Capitol." Circa 1850-1895. Jefferson's Legacy: A Brief History of the Library of Congress.



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