. A history of Vermont, with the state constitution, geological and geographical notes, bibliography, chronology, statistical tables, maps, and illustrations. ecarious. As the armies of Washington meltedaway by desertion, not a few of the self-retired veteransfound their search for quiet homes leading them intothe woods of Vermont. The families established herethrove prodigiously, and there were few drones. Men,muscle, and courage were all that were needed to trans-form the wooded state into a thrifty commonwealth ofhusbandmen and freeholders. The transformation wenton during the years of the
. A history of Vermont, with the state constitution, geological and geographical notes, bibliography, chronology, statistical tables, maps, and illustrations. ecarious. As the armies of Washington meltedaway by desertion, not a few of the self-retired veteransfound their search for quiet homes leading them intothe woods of Vermont. The families established herethrove prodigiously, and there were few drones. Men,muscle, and courage were all that were needed to trans-form the wooded state into a thrifty commonwealth ofhusbandmen and freeholders. The transformation wenton during the years of the Revolution and those whichfollowed. In this way, too, Vermont was getting moreout of the war than she put into it. In 1771 a rough census showed that about seventhousand people inhabited the state. Forty-six hundredwere east of the mountains and twenty-five hundredwest. Ten years later the population was thirty thou-sand. In 1791 it was, in round numbers, eighty-fivethousand. It is probable that at least ten thousandpeople came into the state during the war. After her declaration of independence the stateassumed the proprietorship of lands. In 1779 the. Hal/myHill^romCt-OTJuni /• y ^ Lr Ys ^\ Vermont at the Close of the Revolution AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC 123 legislature formulated plans for the making of were not unlike the plan of Benning were to be six miles square, with seventy rightsor lots in each. Fiv^e of these were for public uses, — onefor the support of a college, one for a county grammarschool, one for an English school, one for the support ofpreaching, and one for the first settled minister. To set-tlers the prices of lots were made low, — what would beequivalent to from seven to ten cents an acre for thethree hundred and thirty acres or thereabouts in a lot. These inducements, the vigor of state administration,the assurance of protection for private rights, the lightburdens of taxation, the economy in state management,— the
Size: 1512px × 1652px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublisherbostonnewyorketcgi
