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The '''New York Public Library''' has about six million volumes, making it the 27th largest library in the United States.<ref>American Library Association Fact Sheet 22, [http://www.ala.org/ala/alalibrary/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet22.htm The Nation's Largest Libraries]</ref> Its massive structure on Fifth Avenue is one of the landmarks of Manhattan.
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The '''New York Public Library''' has about six million volumes,<ref>American Library Association Fact Sheet 22, [http://www.ala.org/ala/alalibrary/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet22.htm The Nation's Largest Libraries]</ref> making it the 2nd largest public library in the United States.<ref name="alalibraryfactsheet13">http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet13 Retrieved September 28, 2016</ref> In 2012, it served a legal population of 3,439,711, and had total expenditures of $7.00 per capita (a total of $24,078,205).<ref name="alalibraryfactsheet13">http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet13 Retrieved September 28, 2016</ref> Its massive structure on [[Fifth Avenue]] is one of the landmarks of [[Manhattan]].
It is one of the world's major research libraries.
It is one of the world's major research libraries.
The wealthiest man in American in the early 1800s was John Jacob Astor (1763–1848), who made his fortune from fur trade. He donated a library in New York City which opened in 1849, and a book collector named James Lenox (1800–1880) added to it. In 1886, former Governor [[Samuel J. Tilden]] (1814–1886) donated about $2.4 million to establish the first true library of New York City. This consolidated and added to the Astor and Lenox gifts.
The wealthiest man in American in the early 1800s was John Jacob Astor (1763–1848), who made his fortune from fur trade. He donated a library in New York City which opened in 1849, and a book collector named James Lenox (1800–1880) added to it. In 1886, former Governor [[Samuel J. Tilden]] (1814–1886) donated about $2.4 million to establish the first true library of New York City. This consolidated and added to the Astor and Lenox gifts.