Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 9:00am

In 1934 a ledger was found that listed the “President” as having taken out two books in 1789 and never returned them.  The President, of course, was George Washington.  He borrowed “Law of Nations” and Vol. 12 of the “Commons Debates”.

This week, Bartlett and his staff became even more convinced the books were filched when librarian Matthew Haugen stumbled upon the long lost 14-volume collection of the “Commons Debates.”

Sure enough, Vol. 12 was missing.

The library doesn’t want the late fees, but they would like to get the books back.