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sounds_sound · 3637 days ago · link · · parent · post: Howard Markel: Dec. 14, 1799: The excruciating final hours of President George Washington
That's a nice little building if anyone has time for a visit. There is one man that works there who rarely has visitors that will give you a full tour if you show up. They have many historic documents. The letter that Christopher Columbus wrote to the king and queen of Spain on his return "discovery" of the Americas, informing them of what he saw, is in that library. Apparently, The value of everything in that one building is enough to rebuild the entire university once over.This 12-page letter is a treasured document at the William Clements Library at the University of Michigan.