Gadsden Purchase

American  

noun

1. a tract of 45,535 sq. mi. (117,935 sq. km), now contained in New Mexico and Arizona, purchased for $10,000,000 from Mexico in 1853, the treaty being negotiated by James Gadsden.

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Gadsden Purchase British  

/ ˈɡædzdən /

noun

1. an area of about 77 000 sq km (30 000 sq miles) in present-day Arizona and New Mexico, bought by the US from Mexico for 10 million dollars in 1853. The purchase was negotiated by James Gadsden (1788–1858), US diplomat

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Gadsden Purchase

The border sliced through these lands first as a result of the Mexican-American War and then the Gadsden Purchase in 1854.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2020

In 1853, the United States acquired even more Mexican land in the Gadsden Purchase.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2019

On this date in 1854, the Gadsden Purchase was ratified and signed by President Franklin Pierce.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2018

The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 caused the western portion of the line to be repositioned further north.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2017

It is generally called the Gadsden Purchase, after James Gadsden, who negotiated it.

From A School History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach