Today in history
Subtitle: December 30
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Gadsden Purchase; Territorial expansion; Politics and government
Other titles: December 30
Description: Discusses the Gadsden Purchase on December 30, 1853, which had settled a dispute over the exact location of the Mexican border west of El Paso, Texas, giving the U.S. claim to about 29,000 square miles of land from Mexico. Also provides information on John Peter Altgeld's political life in the State of Illinois at the end of the 19th century.
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Table of contents: title: The Gadsden Purchase; title: John Peter Altgeld.