The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . nd nearly every kind qf is the see of a Roman Catholic bishop. Popu-lation 1890, 1,820; 1900, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. See Fraxcf., , p. 598. NATIONAL DEBT. See Debt, UnitedStates, in these Supplements. NATIONAL LIBRARY, otherwise known asthe Congressional Library; was established in1800, but during the War of 1812 was destroyed,together with the capitol, in 1814. Many docu-ments destroyed then it has been impossible toreplace. Part of them, however, were duplicatedin the library of Tho
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . nd nearly every kind qf is the see of a Roman Catholic bishop. Popu-lation 1890, 1,820; 1900, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. See Fraxcf., , p. 598. NATIONAL DEBT. See Debt, UnitedStates, in these Supplements. NATIONAL LIBRARY, otherwise known asthe Congressional Library; was established in1800, but during the War of 1812 was destroyed,together with the capitol, in 1814. Many docu-ments destroyed then it has been impossible toreplace. Part of them, however, were duplicatedin the library of Thomas Jefferson, which waspurchased by Congress, and consisted of 7,000volumes. The library had grown to 55,000 vol-umes in 1851, when by an accidental fire it was reduced to 20,000 volumes. The next year Con-gress appropriated $75,000 to replenish it. Sincethat time it has grown steadily, until, in 1899, itconsisted of 957,000 volumes, including pam-phlets. This included the law library, which iskept in a room near the Supreme Court. Thelibrary proper occupies the entire western pro-. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON. D. C. jection of the capitol building. A new and sepa-rate structure, which will afford room for thenatural expansion and give more opportunity forclassification and arrangement, has been large growth has been due in part to theliberal Congressional appropriations, averaging inthe last ten years $11,000 per annum, but more tothe results of the Copyright Act and the consoli-dation with the library of the Smithsonian Insti-tution. The largest private donation to theNational Library has been that of Dr. Joseph , of Washington, who in 1882 presented hisprivate librarj of over 27,000 volumes. Accordingto the regulations of the copyright laws a copy ofeach work copyrighted in the Lnited States mustbe deposited in the National Library. This partof the law went into effect in 1S70, when thePatent Office library was deposited in the NationalLibrary. The N
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