Excerpt from Recollections, Historical, Political, Biographical, and Social, of Charles J. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 of 2: By Experience, Presenting Annals, With Portraiture of Personages of This Country, From Genet's Arrival in 1792, to the Purchase of Louisiana in 1803; With Which Increase of the Original United States, Many of Their Great Events, Physical and Constitutiona Author's motives and opportunities for history of acquisition of Louis ianal - Fairly obtained, for peace, not by force or for power - Texas, Florida, Oregon, Mexico, California, all offspring of Louisiana - Immen sity of public domain - Natural cohesion of American United States Genet's attempt on Louisiana - His recall - Proclamation of neutrality Its corollaries - Blount's conspiracy - European wars casting Louisiana on the United States - Description of Far West - African slavery by British insistance in American colonies - Cotton monopoly - Vast space the advantage of - Washington's foresight of it - And John Quincy Adams's defence of it - Views of Rufus King and Alexander Hamil ton. Pp. 17 - 55. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.