In 1811, along with some other investors, he bought out The Mackinaw Company (also referred to as the Michilimackinac Company (Pratt 249)), and proceeded to do business in the Straits of Mackinac area, most notably with a woman named Madam La Fromboise, who ran a good deal of the Mackinac business, and is seen as the first woman pioneer in the Michigan fur trading industry. ... The remainder of his worth was linked most notably to real-estate, most of which now known as Times Square in New York City. ...

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In 1803, Jefferson bought Louisiana from France for $15 million dollars and doubled the size of America by 828,000 square miles. ... Once the deal was finalized, Jefferson sent in Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark to explore the land, in what he had just purchased, and to find a faster route to the Pacific for commerce. ...

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The secret was well kept until President Jefferson made one of the most remarkable real-estate deals in history. Jefferson purchased the eight hundred thousand square miles west of the Mississippi for fifteen million dollars, almost doubling the size of the United States (Huntington 1). ...

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