The Louisiana Purchase nearly doubled the size of the United ... that the city had “all sorts of masters—dancing, music, art, and fencing,” and that even though there were “no book shops ...

Art: II In the cession made by the preceeding article are included the adjacent Islands belonging to Louisiana all public lots and Squares, vacant lands and all public buildings, fortifications ...

National Archives The Louisiana Purchase, which more than doubled the size of the existing United States, provided Easterners with more than enough room to grow, and it quickly became a great ...