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詹姆士‧麥迪遜 (James
Madison) 總統於1815年1月30日同意國會決定購買湯瑪斯‧傑佛遜圖書館的法案
湯瑪斯‧傑佛遜很享受他在蒙地賽羅的退休生活。他同意將他個人約6487冊書籍賣給國會圖書館的管理委員會，以協助國會圖書館的重建。他個人的藏書數量大約是國會圖書館被燒燬總書籍的兩倍之多。第一個國會圖書館收藏的書籍僅限於法律、經濟，與歷史。但是傑佛遜卻說：「我不認為我的藏書裡會有國會不想要收藏的書籍。」
Thomas Jefferson, enjoying his retirement at Monticello, offered to sell his collection of 6,487 volumes to the Library Committee of Congress in order to rebuild the collection of the Congressional Library. His personal collection contained over twice the number of books Congress had lost in the fire. It also included a wider range of topics in several languages. The previous library covered only law, economics, and history. However, Jefferson said of his collection, "I do not know that it contains any branch of science which Congress would wish to exclude from their collection."
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