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Much on the coming Louisiana Purchase...
Much on the coming Louisiana Purchase...
Item # 701774
July 26, 1803
UNITED STATES ORACLE FOR THE COUNTRY, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 26, 1803 The entire front page and most of page 2 are taken up with a very detailed discussion headed: "LOUISIANA - MEMORIAL On This Question, Whether it be Advantageous For France to Take Possession of Louisiana?
Keep in mind that France had purchased the Louisiana Territory from Spain in 1800 (not formally ceded to France until Nov. 1803) in hopes of re-establishing a French colonial empire in North America. However, France's prospect of renewed warfare with England prompted Napoleon to consider selling Louisiana to the United States. Acquisition of Louisiana was a long-term goal of President Thomas Jefferson, who was especially eager to gain control of the crucial Mississippi River port of New Orleans. The United States would formally take possession of the Territory from France on Dec. 20, 1803. More concerning Louisiana on pages 2 & 3.
Page 3 has: "A Proclamation" by the President calling for a special session of Congress, signed in type by Th. Jefferson. This is followed by a small, yet notable bit: "It is at lengthy ascertained that the sum to be paid for the cession of Louisiana, is fifteen millions of dollars."
Four pages, a large & ornate engraving of a heraldic eagle in the masthead, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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