(Washington Post)In Thomas Jefferson's day, the books he lovingly collected were almost as famous as he was. Leather-bound tomes on topics as varied as whist, beekeeping and philosophy were gathered ...

On Jan. 30, 1815, President James Madison approved an act of Congress appropriating $23,950 to purchase Thomas Jefferson’s library of 6,487 volumes. After capturing Washington, D.C. in 1814, the ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. For 130 years, they were just a bunch of books, albeit rare ones. But now fame has found — or rather caught up with — those 74 ...

In Thomas Jefferson's day, the books he lovingly collected were almost as famous as he was. Leather-bound tomes on topics as varied as whist, beekeeping and philosophy were gathered from across Europe ...

While searching for a possible link between Francis Bishop, one of my ancestors, and Thomas Jefferson, Bishop’s neighbor in Albemarle County, Virginia, I stumbled upon a memorandum book Jefferson kept ...