Today in 1800, The Library of Congress was officially founded as U.S. President John Adams approved the $5,000 appropriated to acquire “such books as may be necessary for the use of congress.”
Today, the Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. In 2021, it held 173,731,463 items in its collection, inc…
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