How Thomas Jefferson Saved the Library of Congress

Thomas Jefferson performed many vital roles in our nation's early historical past: third president of the US, writer, and signer of our Declaration of Independence, and prime minister to France. This checklist of who this patriot represented is by far not full. Amongst his many accomplishments, Jefferson saved the Library of Congress' assortment of books that burned to the bottom in 1814 by the British.

Amongst Jefferson's quite a few passions, gathering and studying books was one of the crucial vital. This rings true since he owned the most critical assortment of books in the US. All through his life, books have been essential to Jefferson's training and well-being. Though he did not journey a lot, Jefferson acquired a broad data of the up to date and ancient worlds together with his books. This can't be stated of his contemporaries whose data had principally been obtained via private expertise.

Jefferson began gathering books at an early age. He misplaced nearly his whole assortment to a fireplace in 1770 that burned down his first home in Shadwell, Virginia. Two years later, after he constructed and opened his new residence, referred to as Monticello, in Virginia, he had already collected a staggering variety of books in such a short while.

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