Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803) and Resource Materials
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Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803) and Resource Materials
This resource contains images related to and a facsimile of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase Treaty. In this transaction with France, signed on April 30, 1803, the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. For roughly 4 cents an acre, the United States doubled its size, expanding the nation westward.