Show size of the congressional library pounded founded in the year ISOO 1800 by the modest appropriation of five fire thousand dollars tor for the purchase ot of such books as may be necessary for the use of congress at the said cit of washington ash lugton this collection has grown notwithstanding the ravages of two fires to the present aggregate cavars 0 of volumes the acquisition of the jefferson Jefre library librae in 1 1815 the force historical library in als 1865 the smithsonian alb library in 1867 and the bouer collect collection ion in aw 1 82 all 11 constituted specially important and valuable accession access ione to its stores and by bv the enactment of the copyright law of is 1870 0 followed by bv the international ter national copyright act of 1891 this elbr library a became entitled to receive two copies of af 71 bc books wk periodicals and other publications claiming the protection of copyright in the th united states the nations library by A R spofford in the march century |