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Thomas Jefferson’s Library… | Timeless
Home Thomas Jefferson’s Library… Thomas Jefferson’s Library…February 24, 2025Posted by: Neely Tucker In September 1814, Thomas Jefferson wrote one of the more important letters in American history to his friend Samuel H. Smith, a longtime friend and prominent academic and newspaper publisher. Jefferson, furious that British troops had burned the U.S. Capitol a few weeks…
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Literary ‘treasure trove’ including Brontë and Austen handwritten works saved from auction | The Independent
The Honresfield Library, hidden for almost a century, will be divided up among different institutions for the British public to see By Chiara Giordano, posted 12/06/2021 A “treasure trove” of rare literary works by the likes of Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters has been saved for the British public by the nation’s wealthiest man.…
