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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 



1 No figures can be given for Canada because population estimates 

 are lacking. 2 Includes one man of African descent. 



8 The population base is derived by summing the figures indicating 

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



