"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 66 ware the first contains 140,000, and the "second 170,000 square miles. 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. It is almost super"fluous to observe, that the western part of Pensylvania and Virginia, situated to the "west of the Atlantic mountains, have been "considered as belonging to the western di❝ vision. 66 "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 rapidity, 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. 66 "but the population is so unequally distributed, that Massachusets, Connecticut, the "southern part of New York, the interior "of New Jersey, and the south-east of Pen"sylvania, exceed 700 individuals per square league." 66 Total on the 1st October 1800 Total on the 1st October 1790 4,302,587 108,554 894,345 1,002,899 5,305,486 450,000 3,177,089 59,538 697,696 757,2343,934,323 11 141 Total on the 1st October 1800, as above II. Territory possessed by the Indians 4th. { square miles. Atlantic part of Georgia 10,000 |