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122 1763

   "The treaty is concluded between Great Britain & France on the 10th of February, by which the latter cedes to the former all her possessions east of the Mississippi, including the Canadas.  Spain is also a party to the same treaty and cedes the Floridas to Great Britain.  Prior to this period the whole country bounded on the east by the lakes and the Alleghany mountains, and on the west by the Mexican mountains, and extending from the Gulf of Mexico northwardly to the sources of the Mississippi, had obtained the general name of Louisiana: but subsequently the name was confined to that only situated on the west-side of that river & ceded to Spain."  Long's Chr. 94