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The Louisiana Purchase on the front page...
The Louisiana Purchase on the front page...
Item # 703818
November 02, 1803
THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, Nov. 2, 1803 The top of the front page has an historic notice headed: "Louisiana Treaty" announcing the ratification of the treaty by the Senate by which the United States acquired the Louisiana Territory, referred to now as the Louisiana Purchase.
This report is followed by the text of the: "Treaty--Between the United States of America and the French Republic" containing the ten articles, followed by the text of two "Conventions" each with several more articles relative to the financial terms of the agreement.
The Treaty and two Conventions are each signed in type: Rob. B. Livingston, Barbe Marbois (for France) and James Monroe. Collectively the report and the documents take 3 1/2 columns.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, expected wear at the margins, light foxing, good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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