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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Expansion of the Nation
