The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-14

C Harrington uho is Acting So.
r .a,ehaai 81 the Census. and who /
ly the way - native d Vermont,
ana ofsha County. in looking over tho
Ins q ,he census bureac discover
81 the error anl gives record n bis
dtseoscgy q tie Tatu7e ior publica.
tisa H. says /
] wcut n search Of copies d the
fni census. which found almost az
scarce sa slaves 10 Vermont Mr.
spaNonl, however. the universal refuge /
Or befogFed ingaircrs readily supplied /
thc copy sought. reminding mo that ii !
was thc only 0uc il tho Congress LII
bgafy, anl that b ala not know Of an.
other rs existence The copy pro.
dueca ID most primitive in appearance. |
IL is phanpblet Of Sc pages, Of the
siza Of a school primer probably !
inches long BY 4 - wide and bears
tie following en- It's title.pagc: "Rc-
turn of tha whole Number Of Persons
within the Several Districts u the Uni
tea States. According 10 an Act pro-
,i1ibg iyr the enumeration Of the in
labitants Of tbs United States, passed
March the FIRST 1890 Philadelphia
printed by Childs aud swaine 1911
The paper Is rough, Of a light brown
color the lettcrpress il in long primer
Of small plea type with the eccentric
shaped 5 ana other letters common
inthat day and tie edges are stained
yellow Prom the tables, il appears
that South Carolina was slow in send
ing ia her returns, for the book was
printed leaving blanks for the figures
ID hes case, which were subsequently
supplied with pen and ink The vol
ume was the property Of Oliver Vol
cclt Of Connecticut, who succeeded
Alexander Hamilton as Secretary Of
the Treasury, and il bears his auto
graph as well ar that Of Thomas JEFF
iefson, then Secretary Of State. Mr..
Jcaprson certified TO the accuracy Of
this census IN tho following words;
Truly stated from 1sie original re-
turns deposited ii the Office Of the
Secretary o. State, Tn JEFFERSON.
October q, 1901"
lie knew as little Of that which he
certified as many of our late Govern
mcut officers, for neither we're the re-
turns accurate nor was the transcript
certified 70 a correct one. The plan Of
tie FIRST census was 10 give the popula
ton oltho United States by towns and
counties, together with the sex, age
and color. BY each State and county
The towns arc given alphabetically IN q
iahie containing five subdivisions
showing in each town the following
facts IN the FIRST column, Free whit,
males 81 l0 years aud upward, includ
ing heads Of families the seconC
column contains, Free white females
including heads Of families = the fourth
All other free persons the fifth hai
the number of slaves, and the sixth
the total Page II Of the census
contains tho table Of Vermont in which
Bennington County is credited with Il
slaves These arc distributed 10 III,
following towns Arlington has |
Bennington, Manchester, 81 Pow
nah. ! SALISBURY, Il Windhall, ]
aud 10 each case they are placed in th
column headed slaves Thus th
record was made, and thus il las bee
continued lor So years
returned "a the Census Office, an.
w shown The original return Of III
State ofEermout, in columns, by town
Aad by counties. Tic returns wer
contained III q greasy, worn, and fade
ail, aotm.caien IN places, and measul
iug. / should think, about 80 feet /
length and about 20 inches in width
The sheets bad been pasted together
fq convenience. making the length a
stated. Soilcd aud yellow as the ri
per upon which the returns wet
male WAS. the writing itself was =,
msrkabIs clear aud distinct, aud IN tbs
beautiful hound. aai legible han
which Is 20 often met with 10 old pi
pers aui documents. The ink Ia
faded somewhat BOT il was still as "a
tlbct az Ga any document prepared iv
years ago aud ia al ,hat return. fllc
as II IL wjth names and figures, there
n0t q w0gl, % a letter, " figure ,ha
Is vet a. plain as PRINT, The ralin.
lettering. &c. was 81 done by han,
HaAaing carefully down the column
which tac number Of slaves are eutc
"a aae 3e,s aoi .6sd ne record N
asge one in ~ 'eAo1s S'ste N "
u8af nof are any entered il Il
uma of totals But ID the nei
eloaa, beaded clear and dissinc,
h,y letter. FREE BLACK" vii
dsee,ioas d, q age &c. there il Il
ftlgwiag record Arlington. ] Be