A copy of “The Law of Nations” by Emer de Vattel book, borrowed by the first U.S. president, George Washington, and returned to the New York Society Library, is seen in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/New York Society Library/Handout
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A library book borrowed by the first U.S. president, George Washington, has been returned to a New York City’s oldest library, 221 years late.
Washington checked out the book from the New York Society Library at a time when the library shared a building with the federal government in lower Manhattan.
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