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- It is one of the largest libraries in the world, holding more than 29 million books and printed materials in 470 languages.
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On August 24, 1814, British troops burned the Capitol building (where the Library was housed) and destroyed the Library's core collection of 3,000 volumes. On January 30, 1815, Congress approved the purchase of Thomas Jefferson’s personal library of 6,487 books for $23,950.
Sep 1, 2016 · The Library’s 3,000 volumes were held in the Capitol and lost when British troops invaded Washington in August, 1814 and set fire to the building. Within a month, former President Thomas Jefferson, living in retirement at Monticello, offered as a replacement his personal library, 6,487 books on myriad subjects in many languages.
By 1876, the Library of Congress had 300,000 volumes; it was tied with the Boston Public Library as the nation's largest library. It moved from the Capitol building to its new headquarters in 1897 with more than 840,000 volumes, 40 percent of which had been acquired through copyright deposit.
Jul 3, 2023 · By 1802, the library consisted of 243 volumes, mainly dealing with the law, along with encyclopedias and dictionaries. Today, the Library of Congress, housed in five different facilities, boasts more than 51 million books and other printed matter.
- Andrew Amelinckx
Responded to more than 481,000 reference requests from Congress, the public and other federal agencies, including the direct use of Congressional Research Service reports; Welcomed about 370,000 onsite visitors to its Capitol Hill campus and recorded more than 151.6 million visits and 520.3 million page views on the Library's web properties;
Library of Congress, the de facto national library of the United States and the largest library in the world. Its collection was growing at a rate of about two million items per year; it reached more than 170 million items in 2020.
Apr 24, 2019 · Thomas Jefferson’s personal library comprised well over 6000 volumes, making it the largest library in the country at the time. He agreed to sell all of his books to Congress for $23,950 in...
