. Book of the Royal blue . After fi- Litli df Ilelpe Luaii<?(l by. Fred. W, , St. Louis. ,1. B leaned 1■ent Bjais. AS FIEST CONSUL.(1799-lSM.) MAKyUIS DE MARBOIS. Mini^tt-r ot the PuLlif Treasury of France at tlie Time of the Iurciia^e. by the states of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mis-souri, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, SouthDakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Wyo-ming and Montana, and Oklahoma andIndian Territories; but not until 1766 didSpain attempt to take actual passession,and her authority was not fully establisheduntil 1769. The irresistible geni
. Book of the Royal blue . After fi- Litli df Ilelpe Luaii<?(l by. Fred. W, , St. Louis. ,1. B leaned 1■ent Bjais. AS FIEST CONSUL.(1799-lSM.) MAKyUIS DE MARBOIS. Mini^tt-r ot the PuLlif Treasury of France at tlie Time of the Iurciia^e. by the states of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mis-souri, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, SouthDakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Wyo-ming and Montana, and Oklahoma andIndian Territories; but not until 1766 didSpain attempt to take actual passession,and her authority was not fully establisheduntil 1769. The irresistible genius of Napoleonwrung from Spain its retrocession, in thetreaty of Ildefonso, ratified at Madrid in1801, but kept secret until 1803. Hehad hoped to occupy Louisiana with anarmy of 25,000 men, and to send a fleet toguard the coast; but, embarrassed by warsand political complications he was in nocondition to undertake an American enter-prise, and his need of money was was preparing to resume war withGreat Britain, a
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