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Events on Saturday 10 March 1804 1
1804Upper Louisiana Formally Transferred to the United StatesCeremony in St. Louis completes the Louisiana Purchase handoverOn 9-10 March 1804, Spanish and French officials formally transferred Upper Louisiana to the United States in a ceremony at St. Louis, completing the process begun by the previous year's Louisiana Purchase treaty. The transfer opened the territory to American governance and westward expansion.