How did President Jefferson and Congress work together to send representatives to negotiate a treaty with France and Spain?

On October 20, 1803, the Senate approved for ratification a treaty with France by which the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory. ... Jefferson instructed the American minister in Paris to try to purchase the city of New Orleans and the Florida Panhandle, for which Congress had appropriated $2 million.

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