Webography

Primary Sources

• Treaty of the Louisiana Purchase (three conventions):
  First convention - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/france/louis2.htm
  Second Convention - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/france/louis3.htm
  Third Convention - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/france/louis1.htm
  
• Treaty of San Ildefonso - part of 'Louisiana Purchase Treaty: Hunter Miller's Notes' - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/france/louis1n.htm
  
• Jefferson's Draft Change to the Constitution - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/amerdoc/jeffdraf.htm
  

Secondary Sources

• bibliography of the Avalon Project - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/france/louisbib.htm
• Hunter Miller's Notes - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/france/louis1n.htm

Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase

• Facts on the area (including map of the regions within and statistics and further links to other resources on Louisiana) - http://www.gatewayno.com/history/louisiana.html
  
• Map of Louisiana in 1803 - http://www.civics-online.org/library/formatted/images/lpurchase.html
• map of the land ceded to America in the Louisiana Purchase- http://www.gatewayno.com/history/LaPurchase.html
• Correspondence related to the Louisiana Purchase and the three conventions infull text - http://www.napoleonseries.org/reference/diplomatic/louisiana.cfm
• numerous maps of the ceded territory of Louisiana- http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/hstaa432/lesson_4/louisiana.html
  part of a lesson plan on the history of Louisiana at the time of the Purchase and immediately following - http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/hstaa432/lesson_4/hstaa432_4.html#louisian
• brief overview of the Purchase, as well as a game! - http://members.tripod.com/~jtlawson/index.html
• Yahoo! directory of sites for the Louisiana Purchase - http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/By_Time_Period/19th_Century/Louisiana_Purchase/
  
• deatils the negotiations and history of the Lousiaina Purchase- http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/CABILDO/cab4.htm
  
• part of National Archives and Records Administration site dealing with the Louisiana Purchase - http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/american_originals/loupurch.html
  
• bibliography of Louisiana Purchase- http://www.sec.state.la.us/purchase/links.htm
  
• overview of the Louisiana Purchase - includes maps and 'players' - http://www.sec.state.la.us/purchase/purchase-index.htm
  
• map of Louisiana - http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/images/LouisianaPurchaseMap_Large.jpg
• map of Louisiana territory 1790 - http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/louisiana/louismap.html
  
• transcript of the treaty - http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/american_originals/louistxt.html
  
• brief overview of the purchase (inc. small map) - http://www.crt.state.la.us/crt/purch.htm
• links to full text articles (press coverage of the Purchase) - http://www.historybuff.com/library/reflp.html
  
• e-book on the Louisiana Purchase- http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/preservation/history/louis/toc.htm - see chapters VII, VIII and XXV especially for information about the Louisiana Purchase:
  
• VII - The Purchase Arranged - http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/preservation/history/louis/chpt7.htm
  
• VIII - Transfer to the United States - http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/preservation/history/louis/chpt8.htm
  
• XXV - Permanent Occupation - http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/preservation/history/louis/chpt25.htm
  

Robert R. Livingston

• Google's results in a search for 'Robert Livingston' - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=robert+livingston
  
• biography from USHistory.org - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/livingston_r.htm
  
• read a biography and search related material on Livingston from the Library of Congress (you will need to scroll halfway down the page) - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov27.html
  
• Read a biography by J.T. Lawson - http://members.tripod.com/~jtlawson/index-5.html
  

James Monroe

• Google's results in a search for 'James Monroe' and 'Louisiana Purchase' - http://www.google.com/search?q=james+monroe+louisiana+purchase&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
  
• biography from the Whitehouse (Monroe was America's fifth President) - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jm5.html
  
• biography from AmericanPresident.org - http://www.americanpresident.org/KoTrain/Courses/JMO/JMO_In_Brief.htm
  
• detailed biography and Monroe's inaugural address - http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/05pmonr.html
  

Thomas Jefferson

• Google's results in a search for 'Thomas Jefferson' - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=thomas+jefferson
  
• biography from Whitehouse - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/tj3.html
  
• Jefferson's inuagural address - http://www.cs.indiana.edu/statecraft/jeff.inaug.html
  
• Look at Thomas Jefferson's writings at the Library of Congress - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/mtjhtml/mtjhome.html
  
• Read about Jefferson at AmericanPresidents.org - http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=3
  
• Jefferson and his involvement with the Louisiana Purchase - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/biog/lj29.htm
  

Napoleon Bonarparte

• Google's results in a search for 'Napoleon Bonaparte' - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=napoleon+bonaparte
  
• Read a biography from the Old State Capitol Museum (also has small biographies about other people involved in the Louisiana Purchase) - http://www.sec.state.la.us/purchase/worldview.htm
  
• Visit PBS's site on Napoleon - http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/home.html
  
• Visit Napoleon.org - http://www.napoleon.org/en/home.asp
  

Francois Barbe-Marbois

• Google's results in a search for 'Barbe Marbois' and 'Louisiana Purchase' - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=barbe+marbois+louisiana+purchase
  
• Read a brief biography from the Columbia Encyclopedia - http://www.bartleby.com/65/ba/BarbeMar.html
  
• Read a detailed biography from Virtualology.com - http://virtualology.com/apfrancoisdebarbemarbois/
  
• Portrait of Francois Barbe Marbois (as well as Bonaparte, Livingston, Madison, Jefferson, Monroe) - http://appl005.lsu.edu/HAS.nsf/Search?SearchView&Query=Portrait_drawings
  

Lewis and Clark

• Lewis and Clark expedition at the National Geographic - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisclark/exped.html
  
• Lewis and Clark links - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisclark/links.html
  
• Exploration of the Lewis and Clark journey - http://www.lewis-clark.org/index.htm
  
• overview as part of a Lewis and Clarke website, including maps from the Library of Congress - http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/Circa1804/Heritage/LouisianaPurchase/LouisianaPurchase.htm