<P> James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston had traveled to Paris to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans in January 1803 . Their instructions were to negotiate or purchase control of New Orleans and its environs ; they did not anticipate the much larger acquisition which would follow . </P>
<P> James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston had traveled to Paris to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans in January 1803 . Their instructions were to negotiate or purchase control of New Orleans and its environs ; they did not anticipate the much larger acquisition which would follow . </P>
who negotiated the price of the louisiana purchase
who negotiated the price of the louisiana purchase
James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston
James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston