![[LOUISIANA PURCHASE TREATY]. National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, Washington City: Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, Pennsylvania Avenue, Friday, 21 October 21 1803.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2005/NYR/2005_NYR_01587_0265_000(112557).jpg?w=1)
ANOTHER PROPERTY
[LOUISIANA PURCHASE TREATY]. National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, Washington City: Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, Pennsylvania Avenue, Friday, 21 October 21 1803.
細節
[LOUISIANA PURCHASE TREATY]. National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, Washington City: Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, Pennsylvania Avenue, Friday, 21 October 21 1803.
Four pages, folio (19¼ x 12½ in), bold mast-head on page 1, text printed in four columns, pages 1 and 4 bordered in heavy black rules in honor of the late Samuel Adams. Evenly age-toned, otherwise a fine copy. Acid-free protective folder.
THE FIRST PRINTING OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE TREATY, THE DAY AFTER ITS RATIFICATION BY THE SENATE
An extremely rare and very significant issue of the quasi-official paper favored by Jefferson and his administration. Column 1 of page 3 announces "Yesterday at 5 o'clock P.M. the Senate ratified the Louisiana Treaty...We congratulate our fellow citizens on the prompt approbation given by the Senate to this important Act..." Occupying almost all of page 3 is the complete "Treaty between the United States and the French Republic," plus appended conventions, by which the nation purchased from the cash-strapped Napoleon the city of New Orleans and the whole of France's possessions in North America, lands known as the "Louisiana Territory."
The paper presents the complete text of the treaty and two conventions signed and sealed in Paris on 30 April 1803 by James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston and François de Barbé-Marbois. Article I restates the clause of the Treaty of San Ildefonso by which France acquired Louisiana, then states that "the First Consul of the French Republic [Napoleon] desiring to give to the United States a strong proof of his friendship, doth hereby cede to the said United States, in the name of the French Republic, for ever and in full sovereignty the said territory with all its rights and appurtenances...." Article II specifies that the cession includes all "islands belonging to Louisiana, all public lots...vacant lands, all public buildings, fortifications, barracks and other edifices..." Article III provides that the present inhabitants of the ceded territory be admitted as U.S. citizens, "according to the principles of the federal Constitution," and that they be "maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, prosperity, and the religion which they profess." Articles IV and V spell out how the transfer of the ceded territory shall take place. Article VI provides that the United States will honor existing agreements between Spain and the Indian inhabitants; Article VII guarantees that Spanish and French ships will enjoy the right of deposit at New Orleans without duties, while Article VIII specifies that French ships "shall be treated upon the footing of the most favored nation" after 12 years. Article IX relates to the assumption by the U.S. of claims from the "Quasi-War." Article X stipulates that the treaty must be ratified and ratifications exchanged within six months; that is, no later than 30 October 1803, while the first convention specifies the price to be paid by the U.S. (60 million francs).
Ratification itself was a last-minute effort; Congress was called to deliberate and approve the treaty on October 17, only three days before the deadline. But with Jefferson's strong lobbying, and in spite of nagging Constitutional issues and the opposition of some Federalist Senators, the Treaty was ratified on Otober 20 by a vote of 24 to 7.
The National Intelligencer was founded on 31 October 1801 by Samuel Harrison, previously the publisher of a newspaper in Philadelphia; he set up shop anew in the nation's new capital at the suggestion of Thomas Jefferson, whose policies the paper strongly endorsed. Under the patronage of the Jefferson administration, the Intelligencer became a quasi-official organ of the Federal government. Smith was allowed privileged access to Congressional proceedings and the Intelligencer was usually the first paper to publish major news from Congress as here. This important issue also reports the death of Massachusetts patriot Samuel Adams, and the second column on page 2 carries the story, under the headline "Republican Tribute to Illustrious Merit."
Four pages, folio (19¼ x 12½ in), bold mast-head on page 1, text printed in four columns, pages 1 and 4 bordered in heavy black rules in honor of the late Samuel Adams. Evenly age-toned, otherwise a fine copy. Acid-free protective folder.
THE FIRST PRINTING OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE TREATY, THE DAY AFTER ITS RATIFICATION BY THE SENATE
An extremely rare and very significant issue of the quasi-official paper favored by Jefferson and his administration. Column 1 of page 3 announces "Yesterday at 5 o'clock P.M. the Senate ratified the Louisiana Treaty...We congratulate our fellow citizens on the prompt approbation given by the Senate to this important Act..." Occupying almost all of page 3 is the complete "Treaty between the United States and the French Republic," plus appended conventions, by which the nation purchased from the cash-strapped Napoleon the city of New Orleans and the whole of France's possessions in North America, lands known as the "Louisiana Territory."
The paper presents the complete text of the treaty and two conventions signed and sealed in Paris on 30 April 1803 by James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston and François de Barbé-Marbois. Article I restates the clause of the Treaty of San Ildefonso by which France acquired Louisiana, then states that "the First Consul of the French Republic [Napoleon] desiring to give to the United States a strong proof of his friendship, doth hereby cede to the said United States, in the name of the French Republic, for ever and in full sovereignty the said territory with all its rights and appurtenances...." Article II specifies that the cession includes all "islands belonging to Louisiana, all public lots...vacant lands, all public buildings, fortifications, barracks and other edifices..." Article III provides that the present inhabitants of the ceded territory be admitted as U.S. citizens, "according to the principles of the federal Constitution," and that they be "maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, prosperity, and the religion which they profess." Articles IV and V spell out how the transfer of the ceded territory shall take place. Article VI provides that the United States will honor existing agreements between Spain and the Indian inhabitants; Article VII guarantees that Spanish and French ships will enjoy the right of deposit at New Orleans without duties, while Article VIII specifies that French ships "shall be treated upon the footing of the most favored nation" after 12 years. Article IX relates to the assumption by the U.S. of claims from the "Quasi-War." Article X stipulates that the treaty must be ratified and ratifications exchanged within six months; that is, no later than 30 October 1803, while the first convention specifies the price to be paid by the U.S. (60 million francs).
Ratification itself was a last-minute effort; Congress was called to deliberate and approve the treaty on October 17, only three days before the deadline. But with Jefferson's strong lobbying, and in spite of nagging Constitutional issues and the opposition of some Federalist Senators, the Treaty was ratified on Otober 20 by a vote of 24 to 7.
The National Intelligencer was founded on 31 October 1801 by Samuel Harrison, previously the publisher of a newspaper in Philadelphia; he set up shop anew in the nation's new capital at the suggestion of Thomas Jefferson, whose policies the paper strongly endorsed. Under the patronage of the Jefferson administration, the Intelligencer became a quasi-official organ of the Federal government. Smith was allowed privileged access to Congressional proceedings and the Intelligencer was usually the first paper to publish major news from Congress as here. This important issue also reports the death of Massachusetts patriot Samuel Adams, and the second column on page 2 carries the story, under the headline "Republican Tribute to Illustrious Merit."