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How did Jefferson ultimately end up purchasing the entire Louisiana Territory, and under what terms?

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Jefferson sent future U.S. president James Monroe to Paris to aid Livingston in the New Orleans purchase talks.In exchange, the United States acquired the vast domain of Louisiana Territory, some 828,000 square miles of land. The treaty was dated April 30 and signed on May 2

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