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The President has no control over this Library any more than one of our Clerks, or any stranger. We permit him to take books under our regulations, as we do the Justices of the Supreme Court 'and other officer«.

Speech of Mr. Holmes, of Maine, in the Senate of the United States: On His ... - Page 23
by John Holmes - 1830 - 28 pages
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History of the Library of Congress: Volume I, 1800-1864, Volume 1

William Dawson Johnston - 1904 - 704 pages

...functus officio to all intents and purposes. 'Watterston MSS. * National Journal, August 20, 1830. The President has no control over this Library any...we do the justices of the Supreme Court and other officers, but he can not, any more than they, dictate a single word as to its management or control....

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