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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 



Region of 

 birth 



Nova Scotia 



New Brunswick . . . . 



Quebec 



Ontario 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



 Massachusetts 



Rhode Island 



' Connecticut 



' New York 



New Jersey 



- Pennsylvania 



Delaware 



Maryland 



District of Columbia 



Virginia 



North Carolina. ... 



South Carolina 



Georgia . . . 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Kentucky 



Tennessee 



Louisiana 



Arkansas 



Ohio 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Michigan 



Wisconsin 



Missouri 



Unknown 



Total. 



753 247 859 ,141 1000 * 73796^ 13 



* 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 



