Vol. V, pp. 21-44, PUS. 6-19 March 20, 1893 



THE 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



THE MOVEMENTS OF OUR POPULATION 



*" BY 



HENRY GANNETT 



(Presented before the Society December 9, 1892) 



The total Population. 



By the movement of population is to be understood its nu- 

 merical increase, its geograjihic distribution over the country, 

 and its composition as regards sex, race and nativity, not only 

 at present but in past times. 



This is a broad subject, and in an attempt to compress it 

 within the limits of a single paper it will be impossible to go 

 deeply into details. I shall attempt only to develop the principal 

 features and to bring out their mutual relations. 



The first permanent settlement within the original area of the 

 United States was made at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607 ; the 

 next at Plymouth in 1620. These were followed nine years 

 later by the settlements at Salem and Boston. In 1623 the 

 Dutch settled at New York. From 1631 to 1634 colonies were 

 established on Kent island and Saint Marys, on the shore of 

 Chesapeake bay, and in 1638 at Wilmington, Delaware. In 1664 

 settlements were established at Elizabeth, New Jersey, and on 

 Cape Fear river. North Carolina, and six years later on Ashley 

 river. North Carolina. The settlements in Pennsylvania began 



4— Nat. Geog. Mag., vol. V, 1S93. (21) 



