via BBC News George Washington’s personal copy of the US constitution has sold for almost $10m, Christie’s auction house says. The book, with the first president’s own annotations, was printed in 1789 – his first year in office. It had an estimated price of $2m (£1.3m) to $3m but bidding boosted the price of the […]
Librarians in New York’s oldest library have uncovered a surprising book thief: George Washington. The first president of the United States of America borrowed two books from the New York Society Library in 1789 but failed to return them. Adjusted for inflation, he has since racked up $300,000 (£195,000) in fines for being some 220 […]
