1800:Spain cedes this large territory to France
Originally published as "Jefferson's Big Deal: The Louisiana 
Purchase," in ... 1800 Spain secretly agrees to return Louisiana to France in 
exchange for... [DOC] [TLE] Jefferson's Big Deal: the Louisiana Purchase - Monticello [PAR] letter to Pierre Samuel du Pont amid reports that Spain would retro- cede to 
France the vast territory of Louisiana.