Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
x, 430 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Piece by piece -- Carlos III and Spanish Louisiana -- Poor Colonel Monroe! -- Long train of intrigue -- Touch of a feather -- Bourbons on the rocks -- Questions of loyalty -- Banners of blood -- New era in world history -- Mr. Pinckney's mission -- Affairs of Louisiana -- Embryo of a Tornado -- Selling a ship -- Midnight in the garden of Rue Trudon -- Immense wilderness -- Fluctuations of the political thermometer -- Various gabble of tongues -- Treaty of 1795 between the United States and Spain -- Louisiana purchase treaty -- Louisiana purchase conventions -- Draft Amendments to the Constitution, July-August 1803. |
Subject |
Louisiana Purchase.
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ISBN |
0375408126 |
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