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Louisiana: European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase

This presentation about the Louisiana Purchase "focuses on the various documents -- from maps to newspapers to cultural artifact -- that help to describe the region of North America that stretched from as far east as Alabama into what is now the ...

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/lapurchase/

Louisiana Digital Library: Louisiana Maps

"Historic maps from the French Colonization of Louisiana and Louisiana Purchase Map Collection" following the exploratory voyages of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661-1706).

http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/LMP

"A Great and Growing City": New Orleans in the Era of the Louisiana Purchase

This online exhibit tells "the story of New Orleans during the fifteen years between 1797 and 1812." It features annotated images of documents, maps, and books from the time of the Louisiana Purchase, illustrating "the social, economic ...

http://nutrias.org/~nopl/exhibits/purchase/lapintro.htm

U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features & Special Editions: Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial

Facts and statistics about "the 200th anniversary of what has been described as the greatest real estate deal in history." Topics include population, the French influence, the number of places named "Jefferson," and a brief chrono ...

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/001619.html

Westward Journey Nickel Series

"In commemoration of the bicentennials of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition, the President enacted Public Law 108-15 to modify the Jefferson 5-cent coin (nickel). ... In 2005, a contemporary image of President Jefferson w ...

http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/index.cfm?flash=no&action=nickel_series

Lewis & Clark Bicentennial: 1804 - 2004

An extensive list of Web links about the Lewis & Clark expedition, the Louisiana Purchase, historical sources, Sacagawea, and places named after Lewis & Clark. From Carlos A. Diaz, Government Documents Specialist for the Daniel J. Evans Libra ...

http://govdocs.evergreen.edu/hotopics/lewis-clark/

Thomas Jefferson - ipl2's POTUS: Presidents of the United States

The third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson was nicknamed "Man of the People" and "Sage of Monticello." Widely known for drafting the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson also wrote a law protecting religious freedom and was a formid ...

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/tjefferson.html

James Madison - ipl2's POTUS: Presidents of the United States

Born in 1751, Madison was brought up in Orange Co., Va., and attended Princeton. He served in the Continental Congress and in the Virginia Assembly. Madison was the principal author of the Constitution and is often referred to as the "Father of the C ...

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jmadison.html

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