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## 1870

For the 1870 census, enumerators recorded demographic information on the following topics, organized by column number:
                        - Number of dwelling house, by order of visitation from enumerator
                        - Number of family, by order of visitation from enumerator
                        - Name
                        - Age
                        - Sex
                        - Color   Enumerators could mark "W" for White, "B" for Black, "M" for Mulatto, "C" for Chinese [a category which included all east Asians], or "I" for American Indian.
                        - Profession, occupation, or trade
                        - Value of real estate
                        - Value of personal estate
                        - Place of birth   State or territory of the United States or foreign country
                        - Was the person's father of foreign birth?
                        - Was the person's mother of foreign birth?
                        - If the person was born within the last year, which month?
                        - If the person was married within the last year, which month?
                        - Did the person attend school within the last year?
                        - Can the person not read?
                        - Can the person not write?
                        - Is the person deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic?
                        - Is the person a male citizen of the United States of 21 years or upwards?
                        - Is the person a male citizen of the United States of 21 years or upwards whose right to vote is denied or abridged on grounds other than "rebellion or other crime?"

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