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Facts and calculations respecting the population and territory of the United States of America.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09439 Author/Creator: Place Written: United States Type: Manuscript document Date: 1798 Pagination: 13 p. ; 32.1 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Consists of three sections: "Of the population of the United States;" "Of the territory of the United States;" and "Of the value of Lands." Last page separated from booklet. Bound with thread. Final page is separated from binding. In a secretarial hand, with emendations in the hand of Henry Knox.

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