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Purchasing Agent

Maria Duffy Tell us about your work---what do you do? I am a food buyer at Showboat hotel and casino . I purchase everything you eat and drink…

The Louisiana Purchase: Treaty

PaymentTreaty A Treaty Between the United States of America and the French Republic The President of the United States of America and the First Consul of the French Republic in the name of…

The Louisiana Purchase: Payment

TreatyFrench DebtPayment A Convention Between the United States of America and the French Republic The President of the United States of America and the First Consul of the French Republic…

The Louisiana Purchase: Overview

The Louisiana Purchase In this transaction with France, signed on April 30, 1803, the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. For…

The Louisiana Purchase: French Debt

PaymentFrench Debt Convention Between the United States of America and the French Republic The President of the United States of America and the First Consul of the French Republic in the…

Gadsden Purchase

(Encyclopedia) Gadsden PurchaseGadsden Purchasegădzˈdən [key], strip of land purchased (1853) by the United States from Mexico. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) had described the U.S.-Mexico…

Louisiana Purchase

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Louisiana Purchase (1803) Louisiana Purchase, 1803, American acquisition from France of the formerly Spanish region of Louisiana. Jefferson instructed Livingston to attempt…

Sherman Silver Purchase Act

(Encyclopedia) Sherman Silver Purchase Act, 1890, passed by the U.S. Congress to supplant the Bland-Allison Act of 1878. It not only required the U.S. government to purchase nearly twice as much…

Aesop's Fables: The Ass and His Purchaser

by Aesop The Cage-Bird and the BatThe Kid and the WolfThe Ass and His Purchaser A Man who wanted to buy an Ass went to market, and, coming across a likely-looking beast, arranged with the…