The New York Times Agency May 2010
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(NYT19) WASHINGTON -- Nov. 24, 2002 -- CAPITOL-RELIC-2 -- Misplaced and long forgotten in a dirty underground storage room, the original accounting book of the Senate carries careful entries by the likes of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. The ledger, known as S-1, survived hundreds of years, escaping the torching of the Capitol in the War of 1812. But it was almost lost last week to an effort to modernize the building. Officials in the Senate historian's office said that a staff member in an out-of-the-way office and workers for the Architect of the Capitol, the agency supervising the construction, noticed the aged volume and 59 other ledgers dating from the 1800s to the 1950s and called congressional curators, who rescued the books. The "Senators Compensation and Mileage" ledger measures about 9 by 14 inches. The book offers a fiscal portrait of the evolution of the Senate and will be exhibited in the Capitol's new visitor center. (Paul Hosefros/The New York Times)
CENA MINIMALNA - 100 USD
2002-11-24
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The New York Times Agency
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