. New dollar atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... y th\is briefly noticed here. In 1790 a constitu-tion was formed and State oflicers elected. This constitution was revised in 1838, andamended in 1850, 1857 and during the Civil war, and in 1873 a new one was whisky insurrection of 1794 was a revolt of the people of Western Pennsyl-vania against the excise law. Philadelphia was originally the capital, but in 1799 theseat of government was transferred to Lancaster, and in 1812 to Harrisburgh, where itstill remains. When the Civil war began Pennsylvania came promptly
. New dollar atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... y th\is briefly noticed here. In 1790 a constitu-tion was formed and State oflicers elected. This constitution was revised in 1838, andamended in 1850, 1857 and during the Civil war, and in 1873 a new one was whisky insurrection of 1794 was a revolt of the people of Western Pennsyl-vania against the excise law. Philadelphia was originally the capital, but in 1799 theseat of government was transferred to Lancaster, and in 1812 to Harrisburgh, where itstill remains. When the Civil war began Pennsylvania came promptly forward to theaid of the Union, and furnished in all 337,930 men to the Federal army. The Statewas thrice invaded by the Confederate forces—the first time in 18»2, and the last in 35 July, 1864, when the town of Chambersburgh was almost totally destroyed. The greatbattle of the war fjught on Pennsylvania soil was the three-da^^s fight at Gettysburgh,July 1, 2, 3, 1863, which resulted in the defeat of General Robert E. Lee, and his with- STATE OF drawal through Maryland into Virginia. Gettysburgh has been considered the decisivebattle of the war, and its importance can scarcely be overestimated. Po2)ulation.—Census of 1880 : Males, 2,136,655; Females, 2,146,236; Native,3,695,062; Foreign, 587,829; White, 4,197,016; Colored, 85,875,including 148 Chinese,8 .Japanese, and 184 Indians and Half-breeds. 36 STATE OF DELAWARE.
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