Thomas Jefferson Sculpture main reading room Presidential ephemera can be found

Presidential ephemera can be found throughout the Library's collections

this fine handmade glass paperweight depicts an image of one of the most historical documents created of early America

Hardcover: 240 pages

Josephine Baker

With a bouncy read-aloud text and gorgeous watercolor pictures

Thomas Jefferson Sculpture main reading room Presidential ephemera can be foundThomas Jefferson, a spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (18011809). He sold his collection of books (almost 6500 volumes) to the government to form the nucleus of the Library of Congress before promptly beginning to purchase more volumes for his final library. Noting the irony, Jefferson famously told John Adams that I