The Empire of the West (a Compilation) (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Empire of the West (a Compilation) The man who administered the oath of office to the first President of the United States was destined a few years later to render a still more illustrious service to his country. The charm still lingers on this old page of our history, weighted as it was with such immeasurable consequences not realized by our forefathers. Every school-boy knows the story of Mr. Livingston´s appointment as American minister to France; of his instructions from President Jefferson to purchase the Island of Orleans for a dockyard and depository; and of the ministers amazement when Marbois, the French Treasury minister, offered to sell him, not an island, but a domain of imperial extent, the heart of the continent, reaching from the Gulf of Mexico to the English possessions on the north. The President had been authorized to expend $2,000,000, but this proposal called for $15,000,000. Mr. Monroe was sent over as an associate of the minister, but Mr. Livingston had assumed the responsibility before Mr. Monroe s arrival and had practically accepted the proposed terms, as there was no time for delay. Both ministers, on April 30, 1803, concluded a treaty, whereby France ceded to the United States the vast territory known as Louisiana, "forever and in full sovereignty." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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