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Avalon Project at Yale Law School:The Louisiana Purchase, 1803 - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/fr1803m.asp
Contains documents relating to the purchase: treaties, conventions, statutes, and messages to Congress during the period 1800-1804. Also includes Hunter Miller's notes on the 1803 treaty of purchase. From the Avalon Project web site of documents in law, history, and diplomacy. |
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The Louisiana Purchase: A Heritage Explored - http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/purchase/
A collection of primary sources and early published works, searchable by keyword. Accompanied by background essay and teachers' guide. A project of the Louisiana State University Libraries. |
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James Madison Center - http://www.jmu.edu/madison/center/
Text of the 1803 purchase treaty negotiated by Madison as Secretary of State, a brief history, text of a Congressional resolution authorizing funds for the purchase, and 1903 speech by President Theodore Roosevelt on its significance in American history. From the James Madison University web site. |
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Louisiana State Museum: The Cabildo: Louisiana Purchase - http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/CABILDO/cab4.htm
Brief history of the treaty transactions in which Louisiana passed from Spanish control to French and then, twenty days later in December 1803, became part of the United States. Includes portraits of the men involved and additional history of the Cabildo government building in New Orleans. |
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The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial in Arkansas - http://www.lapurchase.org/
Bicentennial events in Arkansas, with news and calendar. |