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'''The Library of Congress''', located in [[Washington D.C.]], began on April 24, 1800 to do research for legislators. It received an initial grant of $5,000 from Congress. The [[British]] burned it during the [[War of 1812]], and soon afterwards [[Thomas Jefferson]] sold the Library his personal collection of over 6,400 volumes for around $24,000 in order to repay his creditors.
'''The Library of Congress''', located in [[Washington D.C.]], is the largest library in the world. Located in three buildings it holds millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections. It also serves as the research arm of [[Congress]]. The Library comprises a Copyright Office that promote creativity by administering and sustaining an effective national copyright system.
It is now the largest library in the world. It contains over 130 million items, including 1,470 [[Bible]]s and one of three existing copies of the original [[Gutenberg]] Bible on vellum.<ref>http://www.loc.gov/about/</ref>
The Library of Congress began on April 24, 1800 to do research for legislators. It received an initial grant of $5,000 from Congress. The [[British]] burned it during the [[War of 1812]], and soon afterwards [[Thomas Jefferson]] sold the Library his personal collection of over 6,400 volumes for around $24,000 in order to repay his creditors. Now, it contains over 130 million items, including 1,470 [[Bible]]s and one of three existing copies of the original [[Gutenberg]] Bible on vellum.<ref>http://www.loc.gov/about/</ref>
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''The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.'' <ref> [http://www.loc.gov/about/ About the Library ] </ref>
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The Library has these verses inscribed on its walls:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-04-24&view=View</ref>
The Library has these verses inscribed on its walls:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-04-24&view=View</ref>
*[[Civil liberties]]
*[[Civil liberties]]
*[[Conservative links]]
*[[Conservative links]]
*[[Gallery of American Heroes]]
*[[Founding Fathers]]
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=M8p00bTFvRkC&pg=RA2-PA413&lpg=RA2-PA413&dq=john+earl+haynes+is+the+20th+century+political+historian+in+the+manuscript+division+of+the+library+of+congress+venona&source=web&ots=0AqUxGRQjW&sig=z4Ov8IvhqivaHvyD93qv3vsBUEs#PRA1-PA11,M1 Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America] By John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr. John Earl Haynes is the 20th Century political historian in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=M8p00bTFvRkC&pg=RA2-PA413&lpg=RA2-PA413&dq=john+earl+haynes+is+the+20th+century+political+historian+in+the+manuscript+division+of+the+library+of+congress+venona&source=web&ots=0AqUxGRQjW&sig=z4Ov8IvhqivaHvyD93qv3vsBUEs#PRA1-PA11,M1 Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America] By John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr. John Earl Haynes is the 20th Century political historian in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.
*[http://www.loc.gov/index.html Library of Congress Home]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/ Gallery of The Library of Congress]
*[http://www.loc.gov/today/ The Library Today]
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