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Good News in History‚ February 22
195 years ago today‚ Spain sold Florida to the United States as part of the Adams-Onis Treaty. It settled a standing border dispute between the two countries and was considered a triumph of American diplomacy. The cost was equivalent to $537.8 million in today’s dollars priced in gold‚ but was just 5 million Spanish dollars […]
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