Charles Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand, Foreign Minister of the Republic of France, tells Robert R. Livingston, Ambassador from the united States, that he is willing to sell the entire enclave of Louisiana to the u.S.
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 60.