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AMERICAN MEN OF LETTERS 



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TABLE VIII 



American Literati Classified by Sex and by Rank, by State or Prov- 

 ince of Birth, together with the Relative Fecundity in 

 Literati of each State or Province 



Men 



Region of 

 birth 





a 



OJ 

 < 



Nova Scotia j 5 



New Brunswick .... 4 



Quebec 2 



Ontario 3 



Maine 35 



New Hampshire .... 33 



Vermont 17 



Massachusetts 148 



Rhode Island 7 



Connecticut 67 



New York 141 



New Jersey 16 



Pennsylvania i 48 



Delaware 2 



Maryland i 22 



District of Columbia ! 4 



Virginia 



North Carolina. . 

 South Carolina . . . 



20 



4 



7 



Georgia j 9 



1 

 1 



8 

 1 



1 



2 



8 



8 



10 



65 

 6 



39 

 28 

 10 

 26 



Alabama 

 Mississippi 

 Kentucky 

 Tennessee 

 Louisiana . 



Arkansas ,... 



Ohio ' 15 



Indiana 7 



Illinois. 

 Michigan . 

 Wisconsin 

 Missouri . 

 Unknown.. 



Women 





1 



8 



3 

 1 



23 



10 

 3i 



10 

 1 



4 



a 



H 



Total 



3 

 2 



10 



Total 641 218 i 1 12 29 



5 

 4 

 2 



4 



43 



36 



18 



171 



7 



77 

 172 



16 



58 



3 



26 



4 

 22 



5 



9 



11 



1 



2 



9 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 20 

 8 

 2 



5 

 3 

 3 

 2 



B 

 CD 



* 



E- 



2 

 11 

 10 

 10 



75 

 6 



23 

 33 

 10 



27 



> < 



5 

 2 



7 



1 < 



3 



2 



Total 



c 



4 



2 



5 



43 



41 



27 



213 



13 



86 



169 



26 



74 

 2 



27 

 4 



27 

 4 



10 



II 

 1 

 1 



9 

 1 

 2 



21 

 12 



4 

 5 

 3 

 4 



2 



a 

 <u 



6 

 o 



1 

 11 



5 

 1 



33 



14 



36 



11 

 1 



4 



2 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 2 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



1 



7 



1 



o 

 H 



! c 

 i .2 



1 s 



6 



4! 

 2I 

 6 



54! 

 46 

 28 

 246 



13 

 100 

 205 



26 



85 



3 



2 3i 



6 



29 



5 

 12 



13 



1 



2 



10 



2 



3 

 1 



28 



13 



4 

 5 

 3 



5 



753 247 859 141 1000 * 73796 5 13 



C 



2465 



(') 



(') 



(') 

 22 



1936 24 



1682 17 



5 6 37 44 



873 15 



2831 35 



11126 18 



2493 IO 



9218 9 



480 6 



2695 1 1 



146 41 



5 

 1 



6 



7 

 1 



3 



3 

 1 



5 



4 



5 

 6 



3 



8 



9 



5 



5866 



3548 



1908 



1778 



1037 



615 



2923 



2614 



610 



278 



5236 

 2170 



1539 

 652 



336 

 1 104 



1 No figures can be given for Canada because population estimates 

 are lacking. 2 Includes one man of African descent. 



* The population base is derived by summing the figures indicating 

 the white population for each decade from the founding of a state or 



