Top American Treasures of the Library of Congress
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The Library of Congress holds documents associated with George Washington, George Mason, James Madison, Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Christopher Columbus among others. The American Treasures of the Library of Congress exhibition in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C. features one of these Top Treasures. Periodically the featured item will change, because these rare and fragile documents can be displayed for only limited periods of time. However, they will always be available on this site, the online American Treasures Exhibition.
Primary Source Documents include the subjects of:The Declaration of IndependenceMason’s Declaration of RightsWashington’s Commission as Commander-In-ChiefEmancipation ProclamationThe Gettysburg AddressColumbus’s Book of PrivilegesLincoln’s First Inaugural Address
