to resolve all the issues. Finally, Congress appropriated funds for the new building in 1886. A dispute with the architect further delayed the start of construction until 1888. The building was finally completed in 1897 and is now known as the Thomas Jefferson Building. In 1897, Spofford stepped aside in favor of a younger librarian, John Russell Young, and returned to his old post of Chief Assistant Librarian, where he remained until his death. Spofford also held a post as professor and department head of library science at the Columbian University in Washington, D.C. During his retirement, Spofford wrote and published A Book for All Readers, and was described by the New York Times as "written from the fullness of knowledge and experience of a veteran librarian for the guidance of younger members of his chosen profession." Works by Spofford Autobiography. Poor Richard. Letters. (New York, D. Appleton and company, (1899) A book for all readers, (New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons, (1900) The coming of the white man, and the founding of the national capital, (Washington, D. C., The Academy, 1900) Celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the seat of government in the District of Columbia. (1901) The copyright system of the United States--its origin and its growth. (1892) Eminent and representative men of Virginia and the District of Columbia in the nineteenth century. With a concise historical sketch of Virginia. (1893) The founding of Washington city, (1881) Handbook of the new Library of Congress. (1899) A handy book of reference on all subjects and for all readers. (1900) Library of choice literature and encyclopaedia of universal authorship; selected from the standard authors of all nations and all time. (1895) The life and labors of Peter Force, mayor of Washington. (1898) Massachusetts in the American Revolution, (1895) Memorial of Dr. Joseph M. Toner. (1898) The New cabinet cyclopædia and treasury of knowledge. A handy book of reference on all subjects and for all readers. With about two thousand pictorial illustrations, a complete atlas of sixty-four colored maps, and one hundred maps in the text. (1892) Virginia Three Hundred Years Ago (1908) Posthumous reception While doing research on Spofford, John Y. Cole discovered that while Ainsworth's ashes were interred at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C., his tombstone was blank, although his wife's name was there. Spofford was also not listed in the cemetery's handout