A tour of four great rivers: the Hudson, Mohawk, Susquehanna and Delaware in l769; being the journal of Richard Smith of Burlington, New Jersey; . words,it was mentioned, as if somewhat remarkable, thatfrom Yonkers to the Croton River there were enoughpeople to fill one of the small churches of that But the best evidence of the backward conditionof the Province is found in the census. New York,which in our day has long stood first among theStates in population, was eighth among the coloniesin 1755. Pennsylvania in that year had 220,000people, Massachusetts 200,000, Virginia 125,000,Maryl
A tour of four great rivers: the Hudson, Mohawk, Susquehanna and Delaware in l769; being the journal of Richard Smith of Burlington, New Jersey; . words,it was mentioned, as if somewhat remarkable, thatfrom Yonkers to the Croton River there were enoughpeople to fill one of the small churches of that But the best evidence of the backward conditionof the Province is found in the census. New York,which in our day has long stood first among theStates in population, was eighth among the coloniesin 1755. Pennsylvania in that year had 220,000people, Massachusetts 200,000, Virginia 125,000,Maryland 100,000, Connecticut 100,000, NewHampshire 75,000, New Jersey 75,000, and NorthCarolina 75,000, but New York had only 55, Mr. Smiths tour was made thirteen years afterthese returns were compiled. During the secondhalf of this period, with the return of peace and apeace which it was known would last—at least sofar as the claims of France were concerned—remark-able growth had set in. By 1774, the population was 1 Documents Relating to the Colonial History of New York. 2 Returns made to the Lords of Trade and Plantations. xxxviii. HUDSON RIVER MANOR HOUSE 1,1 The Verplanck House in FUhkiD I leek man Housein Rbii(.;) The Van Rensselaer House which survived in Albany until i I hrcatcned with demolition, it * been removed ; Williamstown, ;- . and therere-erected as a college fraternity b(4) llii. Van Cortlandl I; PIONEERS OF THE HUDSON estimated to have reached 182,000, of whom 21,000were black. But in the first half of these thirteenyears growth had been impossible, for then occurredthe last and most destructive of the French Wars,when the map of the whole northern frontier ofNew York became dotted with forts and region furnished sites for several importantbattles, Albany becoming the chief base of supplies,and a rendezvous for troops. Niagara, Lake Georgeand Ticonderoga in those years witnessed manyengagements, preliminary to that final comba
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