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AMERICAN MEN OF LETTERS 



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TABLE XIII 



AMERICAN LITERATI CLASSIFIED BY RANK AND BY CHARACTER OF BIRTH PLACE (STATE 



CAPITAL, CHIEF CITY OF STATE, COUNTY SEAT, AND OTHER PLACES ) 



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



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. 



