THE CONNECTICUT COURANT, Hartford, Nov. 30 and Dec. 7, 1803  This is a two-issue set. Now that the United States had consummated the new Louisiana territory, over half of page 2 in the Nov. 30 issue, and half of pages 1 and 4 of the Dec. 7 issue, are taken up with a very detailed document on the land.
The report headed: "The following Important tract was on Monday the 14th instant communicated to Congress by the President of the United States. An Account of LOUISIANA".
Subheads include: "Boundaries" "Division of the Province" "Red River & Its Settlements" "Bayou De La Fourche--Ateacapas and Opelousas" and "General Description of Upper Louisiana" "Fanal of Carondelet" "Settlements Below the English Town" "Country from Plaquemines to the sea, and effect of the Hurricanes" "Nmber of Inhabitants' "Country east of Lake Pontchartrain" "New Orleans" "The Inhabitants & their origin" "Militia" and more. The report is continued in yet a third issue not present here.
A brief item notes: "If the United States should pay fifteen millions of dollars for Louisiana and then be obliged to fight in order to get possession of the country, it will be an expensive, as well as a 'blood arena.' "
Each issue is complete in four pages, minor wear at the central fold of the Nov. 30 issue, foxing stain at the middle of the Dec. 7 issue, which does not deter readability. Generally in good condition.