tailieunhanh - First Across the Continent

The people of the young Republic of the United States were greatly astonished, in the summer of 1803, to learn that Napoleon Bonaparte, then First Consul of France, had sold to us the vast tract of land known as the country of Louisiana. The details of this purchase were arranged in Paris (on the part of the United States) by Robert R. Livingston and James Monroe. The French government was represented by Barbe-Marbois, Minister of the Public Treasury. The price to be paid for this vast domain was fifteen million dollars. The area of the country ceded was reckoned to be more than one million square. | 1 Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chapter V Chapter VI Chapter VII Chapter VIII Chapter IX Chapter X Chapter XI Chapter XII Chapter XIII Chapter XIV Chapter XV Chapter XVI Chapter XVII Chapter XVIII Chapter XIX Chapter XX Chapter XXI Chapter XXII Chapter XXIII Chapter XXIV Chapter XXV Chapter XXVI First Across the Continent 2 First Across the Continent The Project Gutenberg EBook of First Across the Continent by Noah Brooks This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title First Across the Continent Author Noah Brooks Release Date February 11 2006 EBook 1236 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FIRST ACROSS THE CONTINENT Produced by Charles Keller and David Widger FIRST ACROSS THE CONTINENT The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 By Noah Brooks Chapter I -- A Great Transaction in Land The people of the young Republic of the United States were greatly astonished in the summer of 1803 to learn that Napoleon Bonaparte then First Consul of France had sold to us the vast tract of land known as the country of Louisiana. The details of this purchase were arranged in Paris on the part of the United States by Robert R. Livingston and James Monroe. The French government was represented by Barbe-Marbois Minister of the Public Treasury. The price to be paid for this vast domain was fifteen million dollars. The area of the country ceded was reckoned to be more than one million square miles greater than the total area of the United States as the Republic then existed. Roughly described the territory comprised all that part of the continent west of the Mississippi River bounded on the north by the British possessions and on the west and south by dominions of Spain. This included the region in .