Treaty of Mesilla

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The Treaty of Mesilla was an 1853 agreement between the United States and Mexico that finalized the Gadsden Purchase, transferring land in present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico to the U.S. to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad route.


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Gadsden Purchase agreement
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