The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-09
FRANK B. HOWE. Editor and Publisher
The Forefathers Of Vermont

Congress recently authorized the Dl.
rectors OF the Census to publish dur
ing the present fiscal year the names
OF heads OF families and accompanying
information shown ON such schedules
of Census OF 1890 as are In existence.
Unfortunately the appropriation for the
Bureau does not permit the publication
OF this information for all the state the
schedules for which are still In eXis-
tence, but the returns for the states OF
New Hampshire, Vermont, and Mary.
land are now IN press and will be is
sued as parts, OF phamphets. Each OF
these parts will form an attractive pub
llcation consisting Of about 100 pages,
fully indexed, printed upon laid an.
tique paper. sewed and bound In es.
pecially handsome and durable semi.
pamphlet binding. Each part will con
tain as a frontispiece map OF the
state represented. II by II inches In
size. reproduced by photography from
an atlas published In 1896.
In accordance with the law these
pamphlets are offered for sale by the
Director OF the Census, and the price
has been set at 81 each. The patron.
age will OF course come principally
from persons residing In the states for
which the returns are printed. or from
residents OF other states who are the
descendants OF persons included In the
enumeration. Application should be-
made for these books 10 the Bureau Of
the Census. Washington. ID. c.
The First Census OF the United
States u7sW comprised an enumcra
ton OF the inhabitants OF the present
states OF Connecticut. Delaware. Geor.
gin. Kentucky. Maine. Maryland. Mas.
sachusetts. New Hampshire New Jer-
sey. New York. North Carolina, Penn
sylyania. Rhode Island South Carolina.
Tennessee. Vermont, and Virginia.
a complete set Of the schedules for
each state. with a summary for the
counties. and In many cases for towns.
was filed In the State Department but
unfortunately they are not now com
plete. the returns for the states Of
Delaware. Georgia, Kentucky. New
Jersey. Tennessee. and Virginia hay-
Ing been destroyed when the British
burned the Capitol az Washington
during the War otSi2.
These schedules form n unique. In
herltance for the Nation. since they
represent for each Of the states con.
cemed a complete list OF the heads OF
families IN the United States at the
time Of the adoption Of the Consiitu.
ton. The trainers we're the statesmen
and leaders Of thought but those
whose names appear upon the SEIZED
ules Of the First Census we're In gcncr.
al the plain citizens who by their con
duct In war and peace made the Con.
lstltutiun possible and by their intclli-
gcncc and solfrestralnt put Il into sue
ccssful operation.
The total population Of the United
States IN 1880. exclusive Of slaves. as
derived from the schedules. was $751;
$50. The only names appearing upon
the schedules. however. we're those Of
heads Of families. aud as at that
period the families averaged 6 persons.
the total number was approximately
5iO.O 600. or slightly more than half a
million. The number Of names which
Is now lacking because Of the de-
struotiou Of the schedules h approx
matcly 10000. thus leaving schedules
containing about 100000 names.