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France, ruled by Napoleon at the time, offered the Louisiana Purchase to the United States during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson because it was a way to alleviate some of the French national debt at the time.

The purchase was made for $15 million.

There was no one person that appealed to the French emperor for the land.

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