Rare books once belonging to Thomas Jefferson are found in St. Louis
Thomas Jefferson added a 'T' in front of the 'I' (for J in the Latin alphabet) in certain places in books he once owned as shown at the Washington University Olin Library, in St. Louis on February 24, 2011.Anne Posega, head of special collections at the Washington University Olin Library, points out memos written in a book by Thomas Jefferson in St. Louis on February 24, 2011. The Thomas Jefferson Foundation and Washington University in St. Louis announced the discovery by Monticello scholars that a collection of books, held for 131 years in the libraries at Washington University in St. Louis, were originally were part of Thomas Jefferson's personal library. UPI/Bill Greenblatt
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