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Primary sources

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/tj005.asp
From this website I have gotten a quote from Thomas Jefferson addressing Congress about the
Purchase.

Bonaparte, Napoleon. Mmoires de Napolon,crits sous sa dicte Sainte-Hlne, par


un de ses valets de chambre
From this book I got information of what was happening at the time in Europe.

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/louistxt.html
From this website I have extracted the text of the Louisiana Purchase which showed the terms
of the agreement.

Annals of Congress, 8th Congress, 2nd Session


http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llac&fileName=014/llac014.db&recNum=614
This site contained various letters to congress concerning Louisiana. I got the information on the
handover from some of these documents.

Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, 8th Congress, 1st Session


http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llac&fileName=013/llac013.db&recNum=246
This site contained the House debate about accepting Louisiana. I used this for background on
my turnover page.

Bober, Natalie S..Thomas Jefferson: Draftsman of a Nation


From this biography of Thomas Jefferson I have took quotes and much information on the
negotiations

Secondary Sources
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/louisiana-purchase
On this website I got information about the rejection on the first U.S offer and the ideas the U.S
had to get New Orleans if the negotiations failed again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
On this website I have extracted information on how Thomas Jefferson sent Livingston to
negotiate with France and how the president disliked purchasing the territory from the French.

http://gatewayno.com/history/LaPurchase.html
From this website I took information on the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase. Also the
price of the territory.

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/louisianapurchase.htm
Information on how the Louisiana territory was given back to France by the Spanish with the
treaty of San Ildefonso.

http://www.history.com/topics/louisiana-purchase
When France took back the territory, the United States was afraid of a French invasion. France
sold the territory to the U.S. They accepted quickly for Napoleon was having second thoughts
on the Purchase.

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h476.html
The price of the territory of Louisiana and when the Treaty was signed

http://www.ushistory.org/us/20c.asp
Reasons why Napoleon offered all of Louisiana and not just New Orleans.

http://jtlawson.tripod.com/
Information on Napoleon wanted the treaty signed by a certain date, Jefferson was afraid that
congress would not make up its mind in time, that the U.S would not acquire the territory and
the United States would be invaded by France.

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/louisiana-purchase
Information on the French Conflict in Haiti.

http://www.oncoursesystems.com/school/webpage/14424/727126
Timeline

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Barb%C3%A9-Marbois
Information on Marbois and his early life.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/52815/Francois-marquis-de-Barbe-Marbois
Information on Barb Marbois.

http://www.napoleon.org/en/reading_room/biographies/files/barbe_marbois.asp
Informatuon on Barb-Marbois was gotten from this site.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Maurice_de_Talleyrand-P%C3%A9rigord
Information on the early life of Talleyrand

http://www.napoleonguide.com/tallyrand.htm
Information on the life of Talleyrand

http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/thomasjefferson
Information on the life of Thomas Jefferson.

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/peopledetail.aspx?people=5
Early life of James Monroe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe
Information on James Monroe

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/livingston_r.htm
Biography of Livingston

http://www.biography.com/people/robert-r-livingston-9383941#synopsis
I have got information on the early life of Livingston.

http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/louisiana_purchase.php
This document gave me information on how many Congressmen were against this Purchase.

Videos
http://www.biography.com/people/napoleon-9420291
Short biography of Napoleon Bonaparte
http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-jefferson-9353715
Short biography of Thomas Jefferson

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