Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 265
n, and the western boundary fixed at the PerdidoRiver. When in 1803 Louisiana was ceded to the United States byFrance, its domain was regarded as that which it had been in the handsof Spain when ceded by that country to France. The United Statestherefore claimed the country west of the Perdido… … NAPOLEON. Napoleon, rather than trust the wily Talleyrand in the mat-ter, made the Marquis de Barbe-Marbois, minister of the Treas-ury, his agent in the negotia-tions. Barbe-Marbois had beenconsul general to the UnitedStates and his wife was anAmerican. Napoleon grewmore and more anxious to sellas…
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