The progress of the United States of America, from the earliest periods, geographical, statistical, and historical . hree counties and twenty-five hundreds. The general statistics of the counties and thecapitals of each in 1S50 were as follows : Population, Counties. Area in No. of No. of , , No. of Manuf. Capitals. Acres. Hundreds. Dwell. Whites. Free Col. Slaves. Total. Farms. Estab. Kent 392, 3,873 .... 16,119 .... 6, 847 .... .... 1,655 .... 121 .... Dover 271, 7,099 .... .... 7, 394 .... 42,734 .... 1,662 .... 2S1 .. i Wil


The progress of the United States of America, from the earliest periods, geographical, statistical, and historical . hree counties and twenty-five hundreds. The general statistics of the counties and thecapitals of each in 1S50 were as follows : Population, Counties. Area in No. of No. of , , No. of Manuf. Capitals. Acres. Hundreds. Dwell. Whites. Free Col. Slaves. Total. Farms. Estab. Kent 392, 3,873 .... 16,119 .... 6, 847 .... .... 1,655 .... 121 .... Dover 271, 7,099 .... .... 7, 394 .... 42,734 .... 1,662 .... 2S1 .. i Wilmington ( Newcastle Sussex 636,100 .... 10 .... 4,319 .... 20,343 .... 4,039 .... 1,548 .... 25,935 .... 2,746 .... Ill .... Georgetown Total 1,300,250 .... 25 .... 15,290 .... 71,289 .... 17,957 .... 2,2S9 .... 91,535 .... 6,063 .... 513 The whole number of dwellings in the State was, at the above date, 15,290, of families 15,439, and of inhabitants91,535, viz.: whites 71,289—males 35,771, and females ; fr. col. 17,957—males 8,989, and females 8,968; al. 2, mm ii£^^^gg^ggg^ggaggg^5)^^-^ ^. /^^ feg -^3^^^^^Q<5N^^^(^^^^.i^^^^i|^Q(SN^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE STATE OF DELAWARE. Of the whole population there were, deaf and dumb—wh. 54, fr. col. 2—total 56; Hind—wh. 27, fr. col. 19—total 46 ;insane—wh. 57, fr. col. 13—toial 70; and idiotic—wh. 78, fr. col. 19, si. 4—total 101. The number of free persona b min the United States was S3,96S, the number of foreign birth 5,211, and of birth unknown 63; the native populationoriginated as follows—Maine 24, N. Hamp. 31, Verm. 12, Mass. 113, E. I. 204, Conn. 50, N. Y. 218, N. Jer. 1,1S6, ,067, Delaware 72,351, Md. 4,360, Dist. of Col. 28, Virg. 139, N. Car. 18, 8? Car. 13, Ga. 14, Flor. 4, Ala. 4, Miss. 6, La. 4,Tex. 1, Ark. 0, Tenn. 4, Ky. 16, Ohio 54, Mich. 12, Ind. 19, 111. 5, Mo. 8, Wise. 1, Territories 2; and the foreign populationwas composed of persons from—England 952, Ireland 3,513, Scotlan


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