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George Washington owes late fees to New York library
http://www.newser.com/story/86310/george-washington-owes-over-220-years-of-late-fees-to-ny-library.html ^ | apr 17.10 | Coquinews

Posted on 04/19/2010 2:47:21 PM PDT by ESLgirl

(Story Updated: Apr 17, 2010 at 12:28 PM EDT )

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's oldest library says one of its ledgers shows that President George Washington has racked up 220 years worth of late fees on two books he borrowed, but never returned.

One of the books was the "Law of Nations," which deals with international relations. The other was a volume of debates from Britain's House of Commons.

Both books were due on November 2, 1789.

New York Society Library head librarian Mark Bartlett said the institution is not actively seeking payment of the fines, but would love to get the books back.

The ledger also lists books being taken out by other founding fathers, including Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and John Jay.

The entry on Washington does not identify him by name, but lists the borrower simply as, "president."

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Dear Mr. President, I has passed this article around, i hope you would hear that and return that book back to the library asap ! :D (something to entertain freepers :D)
1 posted on 04/19/2010 2:47:21 PM PDT by ESLgirl
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To: ESLgirl

Where’s the proof that W never returned the volumes?


2 posted on 04/19/2010 2:48:32 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ESLgirl

Oh, but SEINFELD they go after?


4 posted on 04/19/2010 2:49:46 PM PDT by LZ_Bayonet ( I AM THE TEA PARTY LEADER !)
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To: ESLgirl

lol.


5 posted on 04/19/2010 2:49:58 PM PDT by GeronL (Cargo Cult Liberalism isn't going to work.)
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To: chalybs

“Right now there’s a kid opening a book in a library. But can’t read the Cat in the Hat and The Five Chinese Brothers without seeing drawings of Pee Pees and Wee Wees.” - Mr. Bookman


6 posted on 04/19/2010 2:51:36 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: ESLgirl

So what?....So does Al Bundy....


7 posted on 04/19/2010 2:52:24 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: ESLgirl

Would love to bring back the first and best President we ever had and replace the worst one we have now.


8 posted on 04/19/2010 2:54:18 PM PDT by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: ESLgirl
From another thread I just read but even more appropriate here:


"The Post-American World"
11 posted on 04/19/2010 3:13:10 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (NEW TAG ====> **REPEAL OR REBEL!** -- Islam Delenda Est! -- Rumble thee forth)
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To: Pharmboy

Ping


12 posted on 04/19/2010 3:15:09 PM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: Paladin2

Where’s the proof that GW was the President?

As I recall, Washington was elected Apr 30, 1789, but couldn’t something like “President” just as easily be any of the Presidents of the Continental Congresses?

Couldn’t it have been the President of a local college?

President of a hotel? (Calvin Coolidge joke there — see Paul Boller’s Presidential Anecdotes).


13 posted on 04/19/2010 6:11:25 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: bamahead

Thanks for the ping...I have been following this story but did not send out a general ping to my list. I dunno, call me a bit suspicious of the NY libs and librarians when it comes to The General. He was a Federalist, after all...

On another thread, I saw that one of the volumes was in French, a language that he was not conversant in. Maybe it was someone in the executive branch that signed it out.


14 posted on 04/20/2010 12:29:08 PM PDT by Pharmboy (The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
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