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Lot 165: Newspaper 1803 Colombian Centinel

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Lot  165: Newspaper 1803 Colombian Centinel
<b>Autographs</b><hr><b>'The Louisiana Purchase' and 'Act to enable the President of the United States to take possession of the territories ceded by France to the United States...'</b>

<b>(LOUISIANA PURCHASE).</b>
November 16, 1803, COLUMBIAN CENTINEL & MASSACHUSETTS FEDERALIST, published by Benjamin Russell, Boston, MA, Fine. Vol. XL, No. 2051. 21' x 13.25', 4-column layout, 4 pages. Front page relates an 'Act to enable the President of the United States to take possession of the territories ceded by France to the United States...' Signed in type by Thomas Jefferson. On page 2, a Proclamation, also signed in type by Jefferson, requires U.S. citizens to uphold the above treaty. The Louisiana Purchase is probably the most famous event to take place during JeffersonÕs term. Back pages also contain 25 ship woodcuts. Age-toning along center horizontal fold, edge split along right edge of center fold. Still, the print is sharp and clear.