Scientific American Volume 77 Number 07 (August 1897) . y unusualfloods. Crovernments Costly Archives. Those persons who are interested in the archives ofthe government, but do not know what they are, are toldby a correspondent of the New York Times that theyinclude some very costly as well as interesting papers of George Washington, in 336 volumes,cost $45,000. James Madisons papers, in 75 volumes,were purchased for $35,000. The papers of ThomasJefferson, in 137 volumes, were acquired at a cost of$30,000, besides $6,000 appropriated for their publica-tion. Sixty-flve volumes of Ale
Scientific American Volume 77 Number 07 (August 1897) . y unusualfloods. Crovernments Costly Archives. Those persons who are interested in the archives ofthe government, but do not know what they are, are toldby a correspondent of the New York Times that theyinclude some very costly as well as interesting papers of George Washington, in 336 volumes,cost $45,000. James Madisons papers, in 75 volumes,were purchased for $35,000. The papers of ThomasJefferson, in 137 volumes, were acquired at a cost of$30,000, besides $6,000 appropriated for their publica-tion. Sixty-flve volumes of Alexander Hamiltonspapers, bought for $30,000, were also published at a costof $6,000. The papers of James Monroe, consisting of33 volumes, were bought for $30,000. Benjamin Frank-lins papers, in 33 volumes, were bought in 1883 at acost of $35,000. Although the government paid $165,000 for thesepapers, they are regarded as priceless. Still, they arenot so valuable as the papers of the Continental Con-gress, which are included in the collection of the De-. \j 1 e 1 J [i* V^H^^^^H 4 l*-^/ ^ ?^ j4
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