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Jefferson, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase Victoria Cooke
Category: Museums Today Published: July 2003
"The determination to acquire the port of New Orleans coincided with Napoleon's decision to rid himself of France's responsibilities for the La. Territory, beginning fulfillment of Jefferson's dream for a nation which stretched from sea to sea."