The New Student's Reference Work/Gadsden Purchase

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39061The New Student's Reference Work — Gadsden Purchase


Gadsden Purchase, a name given to that part of New Mexico and Arizona which was purchased from Mexico by Gen. James Gadsden for the United States on Dec. 30, 1853. The sum of $10,000,000 was paid for the territory, which included an area of 45,535 square miles.