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AMERICAN MEN OF LETTERS 



TABLE XIII 



[60 



American Literati Classified by Rank and by Character of Birth Place (State 

 Capital, Chief City of State, County Seat, and other Places l ) 



Abbreviations: M., merit; T., talent; To., total. 



State or 

 Province 



Capital 



M. 



Nova Scotia . . . 

 New Brunswick. 

 Quebec 



Ontario I 



Maine 1 



New Hampshire . . 1 



Vermont 



Massachusetts....! 49 



Rhode Island j 3 



Connecticut j 5 



New York J 8 



New Jersey ; t 



Pennsylvania j 1 



Delaware ! 1 



Maryland ' 1 



DistrictofColumbia 4 



Virginia i 2 



North Carolina ........ 



South Carolina... 1 



Georgia 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Kentucky 



Tennessee 



Louisiana 



Arkansas 



Ohio 



Indiana . 

 Illinois .. . 

 Michigan - 

 Wisconsin 

 Missouri . 

 Unknown. 



Chief City 



T. I To. I M. 



2 i 

 1 I 

 1 i 



20 



5 

 2 



1 



69 ... 



8 ! ... 



7 9 j 1 



q 69 15 



40 

 *5 



5 

 2 



Total. 



82 



30 



17 

 1 



To. 



13 



7 



County Seat ; All others 



Total 



M. : T. 



To. M. T. j To. M 



10 

 84 



57 

 16 



1 

 1 



4 

 3 

 4 



3 



I 



II 



29 



3 



5 



1 



1 



112 161 j 47 208 J130 



1 

 1 



4 



1 

 1 

 1 



3 

 21 



1 

 6 



3 

 2 



2 



1 

 2 



5 

 4 



7 



5i 

 2 



17 

 32 



5 



7 

 1 



2 



2 



1 



11 



6 



4 

 1 



53 1 183 



1 



2 



32 



27 



14 



92 



3 



52 



66 



12 



12 



1 



9 



3 



7 



7 



34 



14 



14 



8 



8 



1 



2 



35 

 34 

 21 



126 



o 

 66 

 So 

 20 

 20 

 1 

 3 12 



14 

 2 

 2 



7 



11 



4 



3 

 2 



1 

 20 

 2 

 3 

 7 



6 17 

 2 , 6 



2 

 1 1 

 1 ^ 



T. I To. 



380 117 |497 



5 

 4 

 2 



4 



43 



36 



18 



171 



7 



77 



172 



16 



58 



3 



26 



4 



22 

 5 



9 



II 



I 



2 



9 



2 

 2 

 1 

 20 

 8 

 2 



5 

 3 

 3 

 2 



2 

 11 

 10 

 10 



75 

 6 



23 



33 

 10 



27 



5 



2 



8 



5 



6 



4 



2 

 6 



54 



46 



28 



246 



13 



100 



205 



26 



85 

 3 



3i 

 6 



29 



5 

 12 



13 

 1 

 2 



10 

 2 



3 

 1 



28 



'3 

 4 

 5 

 3 

 5 

 3 



753 247 1000 



1 Frequently a city was both the capital and chief city of a state, and both capitals and chief 

 cities were usually county seats. When born in such a community, literati were credited to the 

 capital rather than to the chief city, and to the chief city rather than to the county seat. The 

 location of a few county seats changed during the period studied, but the result of the investigation 

 can be affected only slightly by the fact that these changes were ignored. The list of capitals, 

 chief cities and county seats used is that of 1850. 



