Talk:Louisiana Purchase

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[edit] Problems

This article on a major event in U.S. history (which is locked) really is very poorly contructed. There are gaps in logic and very few of the stats/figures are cited!

There is what seems to be a serious conflict between the amount of money actually paid to France as well as the actual amount cancelled as a result of debt.

In the introduction: The cost was 60 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000). Including interest, the U.S. finally paid $23,213,568 for the Louisiana territory.[1]

then in financing section:

part of the 80 million Francs (approximately $15 million) sale price was used to forgive debts owed by France to the United States. In the end, France received $8,831,250 in cash for the sale. So, which is correct? Is it 15 million or 3.75 million? Also, there is a great descrepancy between what was paid (it says 23 million and the 8 million or so france actually received).

Evan1261 (talk) 08:55, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

There are three different things here: total cost ("[i]ncluding interest"), sale cost, and cash paid (part of sale price was debt-forgiveness rather than cash payment). Sale-cost and cash-paid are self-consistent (sale-cost is the total of cash-paid and debt-forgiven, which is a non-cash cost). The ~$25M value in the lead is cited to a US govt document that states "$23,213,568" but does not mention how that value is determined or what costs it includes. However--and here's a serious problem--none of the other values are cited at all! Per WP:V, we need to report what reliable sources say. DMacks (talk) 17:23, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] claimed land

how much actual power did the french have over the lands they claim? or other than new orleans was it very limited in its authority? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.107.74.140 (talk) 01:29, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Was this ever a purchase? what legal right over this land did the French Republic have, and as the size and boundaries seem to be unknown at the time how could such a transfer of tenancy be completed? I've no wish to instigate a debate over the legitimacy of European empire building in previous centuries, but I'm genuinely interested to understand the legality of the purchase under the law of the time? Markb (talk) 18:04, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Key for the map

The colours/colors used in the maps are not explained in a key. JMcC (talk) 18:10, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Inflation Adjusted

Couldn't find this in the article. What would the purchase be equivalent to in 2008 USD? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.178.26.62 (talk) 23:32, 4 October 2008 (UTC)