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Article: Philadelphia Stories
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- The Washington Post
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- October 14, 1996
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In the 18th century, when Philadelphia was the command center
of the revolution, the Carson and Sachse families began to save
important documents of their times.
The collection -- now valued at roughly $6 million -- has
grown to more than 10,000 manuscripts, photographs, paintings,
books, broadsides, letters and official documents. This week the
Library of Congress will announce its combination purchase and gift,
"the most significant acquisition of Americana by the Library of
Congress in this century," said Librarian of Congress James
Billington at a celebratory dinner in the Jefferson Building's Great
Hall.
For many of her 92 years, Marian S. Carson, a historian,
writer and expert ...