Talk:Louisiana Purchase

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the purchase actually cost 14 million nawt 23 million u retaRDS!!! every one knows that! soo ehmagawd never again in the name of gawd make that mistake! i mean come awn! ur wikipedia ur factss have to be rite!! soo puh-lease say it cost 14 million!

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This article on a major event in U.S. history (which is locked) really is very poorly contructed. There are gaps in logic and very few of the stats/figures are cited!

There is what seems to be a serious conflict between the amount of money actually paid to France as well as the actual amount cancelled as a result of debt.

In the introduction: The cost was 60 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000). Including interest, the U.S. finally paid $23,213,568 for the Louisiana territory.[1]

then in financing section:

part of the 80 million Francs (approximately $15 million) sale price was used to forgive debts owed by France to the United States. In the end, France received $8,831,250 in cash for the sale. So, which is correct? Is it 15 million or 3.75 million? Also, there is a great descrepancy between what was paid (it says 23 million and the 8 million or so france actually received).

Evan1261 (talk) 08:55, 10 May 2008 (UTC)