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Signing of the Treaty Tablet MO257 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
The tablet represents James Monroe (special envoy to France for Thomas Jefferson), Robert Livingston (U.S. Minister to France), and Francis Barbe Marbois (French Minister of the Public Treasury) signing the Louisiana Purchase Treaty on April 30, 1803. Monroe is on the left, behind the chair, Livingston is seated; and Marbois is signing the treaty.
Sculptor was Karl Bitter,1913; and the tablet was donated by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company and was unveiled in 1913.
Lindell Blvd. & DeBaliviere Ave., Missouri History Museum Loggia (formerly Jefferson Memorial), Saint Louis City Missouri
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