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of Lincoln's pockets the night he was shot at
Ford's Theater : his glasses and a $5 Confederate
bill.
Established
in 1800 as a small research library for the new Congress,
today's Library is considered the repository of the
nation's life story and arguably the "ultimate
American museum." It's holdings include Jefferson's
draft of the Declaration of Independence, marked up
by Adams and Franklin; the maps carried in the pockets
of Lewis & Clark; the contents of Lincoln's pockets
the night he was shot; Gershwin's piano; the typescript
of Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" speech;
and Bob Hope's 80,000 page joke file.
