"and all the other states situated to the "north east of the Delaware; and the second "subdivision contains all the Atlantic states "to the south of Pensylvania, and the Dela"ware: the first contains 140,000, and the "second 170,000 square miles. We may con"sider this last classification into north east, "and south west* states, as made from poli"tical views; for the states which contain "slaves, and which are commonly called the "Atlantic slave states, are all included in the "south east division. division. It is almost super"fluous to observe, that the western part of 66 Pensylvania and Virginia, situated to the "west of the Atlantic mountains, have been "considered as belonging to the western divi❝sion. "I have added the enumeration of 1790, "and for the part occupied by the citizens "of the United States, the increase of popu"lation of the whites, and the blacks, both "free and slaves. The number of blacks "has increased with nearly the same rapi"dity, as that of the whites. "From these researches which have been "carefully made, it appears that in the coun try possessed by the whites, we may reckon "140 individuals to the marine square league; * This should evidently be south east. Trans. "but the population is so unequally distri"buted, that Massachusets, Connecticut, "the southern part of New York, the interior "of New Jersey, and the south east of Pensylvania, exceed 700 individuals per square league. 66 Massachusets proper Vermont 244,721 5,330 951 6,281 251,002] 555,063 10,374 20,613 30,987 586,050 194,325 4,402 12,422 16,824 211,149 Pensylvania, part east of the Alleghany mountains 462,141 13,393 1,275 14,668 476,809 Delaware Total on 1st October, 1800 Proportion of increase per cent. 49,852 8,268 6.153 14,421 64,273 2,475,740 53,750 41,802 95,5522,571,292 1,879,321 30,830 48,425 79,255 1,958,576 596,419 22,920 6,623 16,297 612,716) 140,000 Square miles. |