Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] sales of sovereignty (the long-awaited  return)<br/>
Date: Oct 20, 2003 @ 02:11<br/>
Author: Lowell G. McManus (&quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; &lt;mcmanus71496@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-548821929">Anton Sherwood wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Hm, now I wonder why I deleted this bit:<br/>
&gt; &quot;As an American of course I know about Lousiana 1803,<br/>
&gt; Gadsden 1854, Alaska 1867, Virgin Islands 1917.&quot;<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>The Gadsden Purchase was in 1853.<br/>
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You can also add these:<br/>
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In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the end of the Mexican War, the<br/>
USA paid Mexico $15,000,000 (plus the assumption of debts owed to American<br/>
citizens by the Mexican government) for the Mexican territories of Alta<br/>
California and Nuevo México, which it had occupied during the war.<br/>
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Similarly, in the Treaty of Paris of 1898 after the end of the Spanish-America<br/>
War, the USA paid Spain $20,000,000 for the Philippine Islands, which it had<br/>
occupied during that war.<br/>
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Lowell G. McManus<br/>
Leesville, Louisiana, USA</div>