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The Louisiana Purchase Is Signed In Paris

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On May 2, 1803 an English version of the treaty that transferred ownership of the vast Louisiana Territories from France to the United States for $15 million (about 4 cents an acre). The treaty was drafted by Robert Livingston, President Thomas Jefferson's minister to France, and Napoleon's Minister of the Treasury Francois Marquis de Barbe-Marbois.

The 800,000 square miles would eventually be divided into fifteen states (at least in part): Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, North Dakota, Texas, South Dakota, New Mexico, Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Colorado and Montana.

The land would officially become part of the United States on December 20, 1803.

Source: CNN

Posted:  2003-05-01  12:19:20 PM

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