Lot 1024
(Jefferson, Thomas). The "Treaty Between the United States of America and the French Republic" by which France sold the Louisiana Purchase to the United States is printed in a newpaper: American Mercury, Hartford, Connecticut, November 3, 1803, 4 pp, 19¼ x 12 in. Concluded at Paris, April 30, 1803 by U.S. minister Robert R. Livingston and James Monroe and French minister of the public treasury, François Barbe Marbois. The texts of the Treaty and Convention are given on pages 1 and 2. Overall toning and light foxing, else fine. Housed in a custom-made holder of black buckram with burgundy spine; name of paper, date, and "The Louisiana Purchase" are in gilt lettering.The Louisiana Purchase, which added 800,000 square miles of land to the United States, was the crowning achievement of Jefferson's presidency.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
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