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jan 1, 1853 - Gadsen Purchase of 1853

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Pierce and his secretary of state William Marcy debated buying Mexican lands south of the Rio Grande. Thos territory that they boguth opened the way for James Gadsen to build a transcontinental rail line from New Orleans to LA

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jan 1, 1853
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~ 173 years ago