Official report that the Louisiana Purchase treaty has been concluded...
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July 25, 1803
BOSTON GAZETTE, July 25, 1803
* The Louisiana Purchase Treaty
Page 2 has: "By the President of the United States...A PROCLAMATION" calling for a special session of Congress, signed in type: Th. Jefferson.
This is followed by a very historic report headed: "Louisiana - Official" which mentions in part: "Dispatches from the American ministers at Paris...contain the treaty, signed on April 30th which conveys Louisiana to the United States...The terms are, 1st. 11,250,000 dollars to be paid to France in six per cent stock. 2nd An assumption of the debts due & capture provided for under the convention of Sept. 30th, 1800..." with more.
Four pages, a few minor ink stains, nice condition.
background: The July 25, 1803, edition of the Boston Gazette captures the United States at its most significant territorial and constitutional crossroads, documenting the moment a coastal republic began its transformation into a continental power. By printing Thomas Jefferson’s proclamation for a special session of Congress alongside the "Official" financial breakdown of the $15 million deal, the paper highlights the immense pressure the administration faced to ratify the treaty before Napoleon could rescind it. The report specifically outlines the $11,250,000 in six percent stock and the $3,750,000 debt assumption, a complex financial arrangement that effectively ended the threat of French imperialism in North America and secured the vital port of New Orleans for American commerce. For the Federalist-leaning readers of Boston, this news was both awe-inspiring and deeply controversial; while it offered a staggering bargain of roughly three cents per acre for 828,000 square miles, it also signaled a massive shift in political gravity toward the West, forever altering the balance of power between the agrarian South and the mercantile North.
* The Louisiana Purchase Treaty
Page 2 has: "By the President of the United States...A PROCLAMATION" calling for a special session of Congress, signed in type: Th. Jefferson.
This is followed by a very historic report headed: "Louisiana - Official" which mentions in part: "Dispatches from the American ministers at Paris...contain the treaty, signed on April 30th which conveys Louisiana to the United States...The terms are, 1st. 11,250,000 dollars to be paid to France in six per cent stock. 2nd An assumption of the debts due & capture provided for under the convention of Sept. 30th, 1800..." with more.
Four pages, a few minor ink stains, nice condition.
background: The July 25, 1803, edition of the Boston Gazette captures the United States at its most significant territorial and constitutional crossroads, documenting the moment a coastal republic began its transformation into a continental power. By printing Thomas Jefferson’s proclamation for a special session of Congress alongside the "Official" financial breakdown of the $15 million deal, the paper highlights the immense pressure the administration faced to ratify the treaty before Napoleon could rescind it. The report specifically outlines the $11,250,000 in six percent stock and the $3,750,000 debt assumption, a complex financial arrangement that effectively ended the threat of French imperialism in North America and secured the vital port of New Orleans for American commerce. For the Federalist-leaning readers of Boston, this news was both awe-inspiring and deeply controversial; while it offered a staggering bargain of roughly three cents per acre for 828,000 square miles, it also signaled a massive shift in political gravity toward the West, forever altering the balance of power between the agrarian South and the mercantile North.
Item from last month's catalog - #364 - released for March, 2026.
Category: Pre-Civil War
