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Library.
The Library of the University, originally selected and
arranged by Mr. Jefferson, has since been augmented by
several valuable donations, among which the legacy of Mr.
Madison, amounting to 587 volumes, that of the late Christian
Bohn, Esq., a generous and enlightened citizen of
Richmond, amounting to 3,380 volumes, and a donation of
234 works presented by an unknown benevolent lady through
the Rev. Dr. Alexander, of Princeton. Through such additions,
and the annual increase by purchase, the library
now numbers upwards of 22,000 volumes, comprising an
unusually large proportion of standard literary and scientific
works in the principal European languages, together with
a rich and extensive collection of engravings.
Students are allowed the use of the books, under the usual
restrictions, and the Librarian is in attendance daily at stated
hours to give out books and to receive those that are returned.
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