Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-13
VERMONT IN FIRST CENSUS.
Information Gathered in 1890 to
Be Reprinted by Bureau.
publication VIII Include Names Of
Heads of Families and Accompnny-
ing Information, and VIII he
AttractiveIy Gotten Up.

| congress recently authorized the direc-
| tor of the census to publish during the
| present fiscal year the names of heads
| or families and accompanying informa-
| tion shown on such schedules of the
| census Of 1870 as are In existence I'm
| fortunately the appropriation for the
bureau does not permit the publica ton
| OF this information for all the States
the schedules for which arc still in ex-
lstence, but the returns for the States
OF New Hampshire. Vermont, and Mary
land are now in press and will be Is
sued as parts, or pamphlets. Each of
these parts will form al attractive pub
lication consisting of about $50 pages,
fully indexed, printed upon laid antique
paper, sewed and bound in especial
handsome and durable semi pamphlet
binding. Each part will contain as a
frontispiece n map OF tho State reprcs-
ented. II ny Il inches in size. reproduced
by photography from an atlas published
in 1876.
In accordance with .he law these
pamphlets are Offered for sale by the
director of the census, and the price has
boon set at 81 each.
The first census Of the United States
O1a0) comprised an enumeration of tho
Inhabitants of the present States OF
Connecticut. Delaware. Georgia, Ken
lucky. Maine. Maryland. Massachusetts
New Hampshire, New Jersey. New York.
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode
island. South Carolina. Tennessee. Yer
mont. and Virginia.
A complete set Of the schedules for
each State. with a summary for tho
counties. and in many cases for towns.
was fled in the State department. but
unfortunately they are not now complete.
the returns for the states Of Delaware.
Georgia. Kentucky, New Jersev,Tennes-
sec and Virginia havi ~ been DESTROYED
wh"n the British burned tho Capitol at
Washington during the War Of is1..
These schedules form unique in
herltancc for the nation, since they 70
present for each of the States concerned
a complete list of the heads If families
In the United States at tie time Of the
adoption of the Constitution. The fran.
ers were the statesmen and leaders Of
thought. but those whose names appear
upon the schedules of the first census
wer" In general the plain citizens who
by their conduct in war and peace MADE
he constitution possible and by their in
tslligence and self-rostraint put II into
successful operation
The total population of the United
States in 1850 exclusive Of slaves. as do
rived from the schedules. was 3.231. 53s.
The only names appearing upon the
schedules. however. were those of heads
fanlilie'. and as at that period the
families averaged 6 persons, the total
number was approximately 540,Oon or
slightly more than half million. The
number Of names which Is now lacking
because OF the destruction of the sche-
dulles is approximately 10000, thus leav-
ing schedules containing about 400. COO
names
The information contained In the
published report Of tho first census Of
the United States, a small volume If
81 pages. was not uniform for the sew
cral states and Territories For New
England and one or two of the other
states the population was presented by
counties and towns. that of New .Jcr-
soy appeared partly by counties and
towns and partly by counties only: in
other cases the returns were given by
counties only Thus the complete
transcript Of the names of heads Of
families, with accompanying info-ma-
detailed Information as to the num-
Der Of Observation-Disclosures females. etc.
for each minor civil division in all
those States for which such Informal
ton was not originally published.
In response to repeated requests
from patriotic societies and persons
interested in genealogy or DESTROYS Of
studying the early history of the Uni
ted States. Congress added to the sun
dry civil appropriation bill for the It's
cal year 1907 the following paragraph
The director of the census is hereby
authorized and directed to publish In
n permanent form, by counties and
minor civil divisions, tho names of tho
heads OF families returned Mt the first
census OF tho United States in seven
teen hundred and ninety: and the d.
rector of the census Is authorized IN
his discretion, to sell said publications,
the proceeds thereof to be covered into
the treasury of the United States. to be
deposited TO the credit OF miscellan
eous receipts on account OF proceeds
of sales of Government property"
Provided, That no expense shall bs
incurred hereunder additional to appro-
priations for the census office for
printing therefor made for the fiscal
year nineteen hundred and seven: an l
the director OF TIE census is hereby d.
rected to report TO Congress at It's next
session the cost incurred hereunder
and the price fixed for said publica =
| lions and the total received therefor.
The amount Of money appropriated
| by Congress for the census printing
| for the fiscal year mentioned was un
| fortunately not sufficient to meet the
current requirement of the ONCE and
| TO publish the transcription of the first
| census, and no provision was made in
| the sundry civil appropriation bill for
| 1908 for the continuance Of authority
| to publish these important records be-
yond the present fiscal year. Re.
| sources, however, are available for
publishing n small section of the work
Vermont. and Maryland have been Sc
| lected In these States the names Of
heads OF families in 1890 were limited
| In number, and the records are in a
! condition which makes transcription
comparatively easy.
THE FIRST CENSUS.
| The first census act was passed at the
| second session OF the First Congress, and
was signed by President Washington on
March l. 1870. The task of making the
| first enumeration OF Inhabitants was
| r,,n cod ,unp tho DrautIopt J'p1a, tbt a,