Excerpt from Maryland's Influence in Founding a National Commonwealth: Or the History of the Accession of Public Lands, by the Old Confederation; A Papers Read, Before the Maryland Historical Society, April 9, 1877
France to Spain, at the close Of the above-men tioned war, in compensation for losses sustained by the latter in aiding France against England, and ceded back again to France in 1800, through the influence of Napoleon, these lands beyond the Mississippi were purchased by our Government of the First Consul in 1803, and out Of the south eastern portion Of the so-called Louisiana Pur chase, that State1 was created in 1812, which perpetuates the name Of Louis XIV., as Virginia does the fame Of a virgin queen.
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