SPOONER'S VERMONT JOURNAL, Windsor, Nov. 15, 1803

• Historic Louisiana Purchase
• Expansion of the United States

Taking nearly the entire front page and a small bit of page 2 is the full text of the: "TREATY Between the United States of America and the French Republic". It includes all ten articles with the signatures in type of the 3 principals: Rob. R. Livingston, Barbe Marbois (for France) and James Monroe. 
Page 2 also has additional reports relating to the Louisiana Purchase. Page 3 has a brief item noting: "In the Senate of the United States, on the 25th inst., the bill to enable the President to take possession of Louisiana was taken up---And on the question shall the bill pass?--it was carried in the affirmative--Ayes 26--Noes 6...". And the back page has reports concerning a message from President Jefferson relating to the Purchase.
Note: there is a small portion missing from each leaf, which has been replaced in photocopy, so no text is lacking.
Four pages, light damp stain to a lower corner, 2 small ink spots, and save for the mentioned replacement in good condition. Offered at less than half price.

Background: This November 15, 1803 issue of Spooner's Vermont Journal stands as an exceptionally significant early American newspaper, capturing the immediate local dissemination of the Louisiana Purchase—one of the most consequential territorial expansions in United States history. Dominating the front page is the full ten-article text of the Treaty between the U.S. and the French Republic, featuring printed signatures of key diplomats Robert R. Livingston, James Monroe, and François Barbé-Marbois, providing readers in rural Windsor, Vermont, direct access to primary constitutional history just weeks after its Senate ratification on October 20. The issue's historical weight is further enhanced by its comprehensive coverage across all four pages, detailing the Senate's pivotal 26–6 vote passing the Louisiana Enabling Act to authorize President Thomas Jefferson's takeover of the territory, alongside related congressional reports and executive messages. Original 1803 printings containing complete treaty texts are historically valuable and scarce on the antiquarian market, as early 19th-century newspapers were typically published in small runs, heavily handled, and prone to degradation, making a complete, well-preserved issue featuring full Louisiana Purchase documentation a highly desirable piece of early American press history.