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

The treaty of 1848 made the Gila the southern boundary, but the Gadsden Purchase placed it farther south, as now marked.

From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel