...answer further. I believed his information incorrect, because I understood that Louisiana, as it then was, made the object of the cession; and that since...subsequent treaties. I accordingly insisted, with M. Marbois, at the time we negotiated, that this would- be considered as within our purchase. He neither...

...answer further. I believed his information incorrect, because I understood that Louisiana, as it then was, made the object of the cession; and that since...previous to their cession to Spain, except what had been conveved by subsequent treaties. I accordingly insisted, with M. Marbois, at the time we negotiated,...

...United States and France) " I had no doubt that it '' (the cession from Spain to France) " contained all the country that France possessed by the name of Louisiana, previous to its cession to Spain, except what had been conveyed by subsequent treaties. . . . That my construction...

...conclusion of the treaty, that "the moment I saw the words of the treaty of Madrid [San Ildefonso], I had no doubt but it included all the country that...except what had been conveyed by subsequent treaties." Barbe-Marbois, Livingston went on to report, "neither asserted nor denied, but said that all they received...

...incorrect; but that when he read the treaty at Madrid he had no doubt that it included "all the country France possessed by the name of Louisiana, previous...except what had been conveyed by subsequent treaties". The French minister, when urged again to declare himself explicitly, would only reply that what France...