The book was auctioned at christies in new york city. We have come to a proud moment. We are selling George Washingtons personal copy of the acts of congress, signed by the estate of h. Richard dietrich, jr. It is shown in the front of the room for those of you who have not had a chance to peek at it. You may do so. We will start the bidding at 1,300,000. 1,400,000, 1,700,000 1,800,000 2 million. Now at 2 million. My name is carol and i serve as the senior curator and Vice President of collections at mount vernon. It has been my great delight to work with our library and board team to think about the acquisition of this most monumental book for the mount vernon collection. George washington is very exacting with his books, and we see that he takes great care of them. He has them in full glass fronted shelves. He takes great care with each individual volume, often putting a flourish of his grand corner ofon the upper the title page. On important books, he puts a terrific bookplate. This
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