Done at Paris the tenth day of Floreal in the eleventh year of the French Republic; and the 30th of April 1803 ... of ratifications of this treaty and after Louisiana Shall be taken possession ...

The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S ...

The Louisiana Purchase ... 15 million on April 29. The treaty was signed by Barbé-Marbois, Livingston and Monroe on May 2 and backdated to April 30. Although the purchase was undeniably a bargain ...

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune “The public mind has for some time appeared to be interested and alarmed, ...

The film discusses the settlement of the Mississippi Valley in the early 19th century, following the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, which doubled the size of the United States. It describes the mass ...