George Washington Racks Up Late Fees at NY LibrarySaturday, April 17, 2010, 2:13 p.m. ET
Associated Press
NEW YORK—If George Washington were alive today, he might face a hefty overdue library fine.
New York City’s oldest library says one of its ledgers shows that the president has racked up 220 years’ worth of late fees on two books he borrowed, but never returned.
One of the books was the Law of Nations, which deals with international relations. The other was a volume of debates from Britain’s House of Commons.
Both books were due on November 2, 1789.
New York Society Library head librarian Mark Bartlett says the institution isn’t seeking payment of the fines, but would love to get the books back.
The ledger also lists books being taken out by other founding fathers, including Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and John Jay.
The entry on Washington simply lists the borrower as “president.”
From Bryan: Hey, we’ve all been there. I myself have two books currently overdue, but I’ve never had an $8,406.60 overdue fee. (Amount I arrived at by calculating 10¢ a day for 80,466 days overdue.) But, at least George didn’t have Twilight out and overdue for 220 years … right?
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