A lawfully elected (within the provisions of Article I, Section 3 [Clause 1]) Senate ratifies the Treaty of Cession, selling the French enclave of Louisiana to the u.S. for 15,000,000 Dollars.

       NOTE: At a price that amounts to three Cents to the acre, for land with vast amounts of natural resources, this amounts to national fire sale.

       [restored 11/13/2021] Thanks to Jim Lorenz for this entry.

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Louisiana – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana

 

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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