Expansion of the Nation
In the mid-1790s, the eastern boundary of the vast region then known as Louisiana ran along the Mississippi River from the settlement and port of New Orleans in the South to wh...
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Louisiana Purchase
Excerpt from "The Cession of Louisiana"
Signed on April 30, 1803
Published in Documents of American History, edited by
Henry S. Commager, 1943
In January 1803, Congres...
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The Louisiana Purchase
"Let the land rejoice, for you have bought Louisiana for a song."
- General Horatio Gates to President Thomas Jefferson, July 18, 1803
The purchase of the Louisiana Territor...
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Today is Monday, March 26, the 85th day of 2007. There are 280 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 26, 1979, a peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Beg...
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Today is Monday, April 30, the 120th day of 2007. There are 245 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 30, 1945, as Russian troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler co...
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Today is Wednesday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2006. There are 11 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of the territ...
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Today is Saturday, Oct. 20 , the 293rd day of 2007. There are 72 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 20, 1944, during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur stepped ashore at L...
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Today is Thursday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2007. There are 11 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of the territo...
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A new genetic study raises the tantalizing possibility that Thomas Jefferson may have had Jewish ancestry.
—Newsweek (3/12/07)
The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have...
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Enrico BanducciSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — Enrico Banducci, who provided a stage for up-and-coming comedians such as Mort Sahl, Woody Allen and Bill Cosby at his hungry i nightclub dur...
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In America, our idea of frontier explorers has a Davy Crockett image: rugged men of action, handy with a gun and ready to use it on any inconvenient natives.Yet the man who first mapped one of the ...
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Expansion of the Nation
The Louisiana Purchase
Today in history - March 26
