GADSDEN PURCHASE

, strip of land purchased (1853) by the United States from Mexico. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) had described the U.S.-Mexico boundary vaguely, and President Pierce wanted to insure U.S. possession of the Mesilla Valley near the Rio Grande—the most practicable route for a southern railroad to the Pacific. James Gadsden negotiated the purchase, and the U.S. Senate ratified (1854) it by a narrow margin. The area of c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), purchased for $10 million, now forms extreme S New Mexico and Arizona S of the Gila.

See P. N. Garber, The Gadsden Treaty (1923, repr. 1959); O. B. Faulk, Too Far North, Too Far South (1967).

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Christopher Gadsden and Henry Laurens: The Parallel Lives of Two American Patriots
Book by Daniel J. McDonough; Susquehanna University Press, 2000
Subjects: Gadsden, Christopher--1724-1805, Laurens, Henry--1724-1792, South Carolina--Politics And Government--1775-1783, Statesmen--United States--Biography, United States--Continental Congress--Biography, United States--Politics And Government--1775-1783
...received. At a general meeting chaired by Gadsden at the Liberty Tree, the committee ordered...determined the selection of targets. Gadsden and his enforcement cronies recognized...thousand pounds sterling on the refusal to purchase slaves alone.44 Even Lieutenant Governor...
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The Butterfield Overland Mail
Book by Waterman Lilly Ormsby, Lyle H. Wright, Josephine M. Bynum; The Huntington Library, 1942
Subjects: Butterfield Overland Trail, Overland Journeys To The Pacific, Postal Service--United States--History
...fellow citizens, residents of the Gadsden Purchase, and its peculiar and wonderful...memorial of the citizens of the Gadsden Purchase for a separate territorial...thoroughfare to the Pacific traverses the Gadsden Purchase throughout its entire...
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Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture - Vol. 2
Book by Michael S. Werner; Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997
Subjects: Mexico--Civilization--Encyclopedias
...negotiated what is known as the Gadsden Purchase. The United States agreed to pay...approximately 30,000 square miles. The Gadsden Purchase also released the United...significantly for Mexico, the Gadsden Purchase contributed to the collapse...
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The Road to Disunion: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861
Book by William W. Freehling; Oxford University Press, 1990
Subjects: Secession, Southern States--Politics And Government--1775-1865, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes, United States--Politics And Government--1815-1861
...Franklin Pierce favored the purchase but not the threats. Pierce...the south in the 1850s, the Gadsden Purchase of 1854, demonstrated...for slaveholder empire. The Gadsden Purchase swallowed only a sliver...had been whittled down. The Gadsden Treaty finally squeaked through...
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Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism
Book by James S. Olson, Robert Shadle, Ross Marlay, William G. Ratliff, Joseph M. Rowe Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1991
Subjects: Europe--Colonies--History--Encyclopedias, Europe--History--1492---Encyclopedias, History, Modern--Encyclopedias
...Coast to 1875 , 1975. Joseph L. Michaud GADSDEN PURCHASE. With the acquisition of California and...President Franklin Pierce sent General James Gadsden to Mexico City as United States minister. Gadsden was a strong advocate of the southern route...
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Come Rain or Shine: Evidence on Flood Insurance Purchases in Florida
Journal article by Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan, Carolyn Kousky; Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 77, 2010
...federally backed or regulated lender to purchase flood insurance, yet the effectiveness...of insurance that property owners can purchase, but in Florida about 75 percent of...riskiest areas - where the mandatory purchase requirement applies - choosing a higher...
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Yaquis, Edward H. Spicer, and Federal Indian Policy: From Immigrants to Native Americans
Journal article by George Pierre Castile; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 44, 2002
Subjects: Native Americans--Social aspects, Yaquis--History
...Southwest at the time of the Gadsden Purchase in 1853 was small and soon...border movements and arms purchases (Hu-DeHart 1984: 176...Tucson was set aside for Yaqui purchase. Pistola died within a year...for the Indian Service to purchase any land, and further more...
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Equal Footing, County Supremacy, and the Western Public Lands
Journal article by Paul Conable; Environmental Law, Vol. 26, 1996
Subjects: County government--Powers and duties, Public lands--Laws, regulations, etc., Western States--Laws, regulations, etc.
...added the Louisiana Territory by purchase in 1803,61 Florida by treaty...Mexican War of 1848,(65) the Gadsden Purchase lands in 1853,(66) and Alaska...gives Congress enumerated power to purchase land from a state, with consent...
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Addressing Postmodern Concerns on the Border: Globalization, the Nation-state, Hybridity, and Social Change
Journal article by Steven L. Arxer; Tamara Journal of Critical Organisation Inquiry, Vol. 7, 2008
Subjects: Boundaries, Capitalism, Globalization, Ideology, Neoliberalism
...example of the ambiguities of border lives. The 1853 Gadsden Purchase (which gave the U.S. what is today southern Arizona...adopting any set of principles and, thus, eager to purchase pre-packed realities that satisfy an unending assortment...
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Catholicism in the Twentieth-century American West: the Next Frontier
Journal article by Steven M. Avella; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 97, 2011
Subjects: Catholicism, Historians, Schools
...by the United States, beginning with the Louisiana Purchase of 1803; continuing through the acquisition of Texas...Mexican Cession in the 1840s; and ending with the 1854 Gadsden Purchase of lands between the Gila River and the present Mexican...
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The Gadsden Purchase: December 30th, 1853
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 53, December 2003
Subjects: France--International relations, Gadsden, James, United States--International relations
The Gadsden Purchase: December 30th, 1853. by Richard Cavendish IT WAS THE GADSDEN Purchase that settled the main boundaries of the...President Franklin Pierce, and his friend James Gadsden, president of the South Carolina Railroad and...
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Fiery "Lover of Country": A Man of Explosive Temperament, South Carolina's Christopher Gadsden Willingly Endured Solitary Confinement Rather Than Forsake the Cause of American Independence
Magazine article by Thomas R. Eddlem; The New American, Vol. 21, April 18, 2005
Subjects: Gadsden, Christopher, Patriots--Biography
...Elizabeth). Back in Charleston, Gadsden finally launched his trade...inheritance from his father" to purchase three ships to transport indigo...began in the colonies in 1754, Gadsden extended his business dealings...The increasingly wealthy Gadsden recruited and equipped his...
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What the Credit Analyst Should Know about Securitization
Magazine article by James Gadsden; Business Credit, Vol. 100, March 1998
Subjects: Credit management, Securitization, United States
...Should Know about Securitization by James Gadsden This is an important topic for credit...mortgages to a trust that raises the purchase money in the securities market. The...securities. Conduits- investment pools that purchase only asset-backed securities issued...
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Could Turnout Turn Jeb out? Opponents of the Florida Governor Are Organizing Voters Still Angry about 2000
Magazine article by John Nichols; The Nation, Vol. 275, October 28, 2002
Subjects: Bush, George W.--Elections, Bush, Jeb--Political activity, Elections--2000 AD, Florida--Politics and government, Gadsden County, Florida--Elections, Politicians--Political activity
...will still be problems. Up in Gadsden County, for instance, the...Knight has used state grants to purchase new equipment while simplifying...the homes of voters. While Gadsden County discarded almost 2...notes Knight, 43 percent of Gadsden County voters cast ballots...
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Costume Conundrum
Magazine article by Leslie Hunter-Gadsden; Dance Teacher, Vol. 32, February 2010
Subjects: Cost control, Costumes, Fees & charges, Performing arts, Students
Costume Conundrum by Leslie Hunter-Gadsden So many tutus to order, so little time-but weve got the inside...Thornton The Dance Club Orem, UT At The Dance Club, students purchase end-of-the-year recital costumes and rent holiday concert...
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U.S.-Mexican 'Border War' - Imminent or Inane
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 27, 2002
...families. The fact that Mr. Spencer thinks the goal of Mexican immigrants is to reclaim Southern California and the Gadsden Purchase, among other lands, is quite comical. Perhaps we should look to the North for invaders, like those of the classic...
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Fence Post
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 12, 2010
...territory that included the lower southwest corner of New Mexico and the lower one fourth of Arizona. It was called the Gadsden Purchase. The President was pretty upset when Mexico decided that they didnt want to sell the property and Pierce and his...
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Two Tongues Debate a Program's Failures
Newspaper article by Dave Boyer; The Washington Times, May 3, 1999
Subjects: Arizona
...For residents of southern Arizona, the debate over preserving some aspects of Mexican heritage is as old as the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, which divided the Mexican state of Sonora between the United States and Mexico. And the issue is complicated...
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RETAIL: Services Group Mitie Sees Chances for Expansion
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 28, 2008
Subjects: Engineering firms, Engineering services
...this month, the company completed the purchase of both Midlandsbased Catering Partnership...the acquisition of CPH from owner Harry Gadsden would improve the geographical coverage...to more than pounds 32 million. The purchase of Tilley, a roofing contractor based...
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'COKE BOAT WAS CARRYING TWICE ITS USUAL LOAD BEFORE CAPSIZE' Greed Ruined Operation, Court Told
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), February 13, 2010
Subjects: Boats, Boats and boating, Cigarette boats, Courts, Drug dealing, Drug traffic, Helicopters
...his role at an earlier hearing, to co-ordinating the RHIB purchase, vehicles and sourcing of safe houses. Several others have...accused of supplying three Land Rovers for the enterprise. Mark Gadsden, prosecuting, told jurors the gang paid "meticulous" attention...
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encyclopedia articles on: Gadsden Purchase  - 11 results

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Gadsden Purchase
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GADSDEN PURCHASE , strip of land purchased (1853) by...southern railroad to the Pacific. James Gadsden negotiated the purchase, and the U...of the Gila. See P. N. Garber, The Gadsden Treaty (1923, repr. 1959); O. B...
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Gadsden, James
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...C.; grandson of Christopher Gadsden. He served in the War of 1812...Secretary of War in Pierces cabinet, Gadsden was appointed minister to Mexico...the border. The result was the Gadsden Purchase . He was recalled (1856) for...
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United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Mayflower Compact , was established by the purchase (1626) of company and charter from...however, in negotiating the Louisiana Purchase (1803). In foreign policy he steered...territories were rounded out by the Gadsden Purchase . Although in the dispute with Great...
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Public Land
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Additional public land was acquired with the Louisiana Purchase (1803), Florida (1819), Oregon (1846), the Mexican Cession (1848), the Gadsden Purchase (1853), and Alaska (1867). Almost as soon as...
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Arizona
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the area S of the Gila River, bought the area between the river and the S boundary of Arizona from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase (1853). Arizonas minerals, valued even by prehistoric miners, attracted most of the early explorers, and although...
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