United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 129
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June 30, 1834.
Chap. CXXIX.—An Act to enable the Secretary of State to purchase the papers and books of General Washington.
Appropriation for papers and books of Washington.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any [money] in the treasury not otherwise appropriated—to enable the Secretary of State to purchase the manuscript papers and a portion of the printed books of General George Washington, the said papers and books to be deposited and preserved in the Department of State; under the regulations the Secretary shall prescribe.
Approved, June 30, 1834.