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The building name was changed on June 13, 1980, to honor former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, who had been a key figure in the establishment of the Library in 1800. Jefferson offered to sell his personal book collection to Congress in September 1814, one month after the British had burned the Capitol in the War of 1812 .
The Nation's Library: The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. (Library of Congress, 2000) Cole, John Young. Jefferson's legacy: a brief history of the Library of Congress (Library of Congress, 1993) Cole, John Young. "The library of congress becomes a world library, 1815–2005." Libraries & culture (2005) 40#3: 385–398. in Project MUSE
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Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
The Library of Congress : the art and architecture of the Thomas Jefferson Building. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393045635. OCLC 37694014. Cole, John Young; Aikin, Jane (2004). Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress : for Congress, the nation & the world. Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0890599716. OCLC 57558633. Cole, John Y. (2017 ...
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Library of Congress. Gerald Ford. ... In 1878, the New York Times reported that young Teddy Roosevelt, a student at Harvard, inherited $60,000 — more than $1.3 million in today’s money ...
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