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Painting by John Norval Marchand

Taken: Circa 1900
Caption: Painting by John Norval Marchand
Additional Description: This 1900 painting shows La Salle on April 9, 1682, claiming a large swath of land across central North America for Louis XIV and naming it la Louisiane (Louisiana). In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson oversaw the purchase of the Louisiana Territory for the United States. (Public domain image from Wikimedia Commons.)
Submitted: September 9, 2023, by Roger W. Sinnott of Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
Database Locator Identification Number: p748709
File Size: 2.377 Megabytes

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