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north-east States (from the Delawar to the Maine), and 

 in the south-east states (from Maryland to Florida), we 

 find for the former 110,991 square miles ; and for the lat- 

 ter 213,009 square miles. The Atlantic Slave-States 

 (states with slaves situated on the east of the Alleghanies) 

 exceed a little the area of France. The whole of Florida 

 contains, according to my calculations, 59,187 square 

 miles, of which 52,310 are on the east of Apalachicola, 

 and 6,877 on the west of that river. MM. Carey and 

 Lea estimate Florida at 57,750 square miles. The divi- 

 sion of Alleghanies into several parallel chains renders the 

 partition of the United States situated on the left bauk of 

 the Mississipi, a little arbitrary, in two portions, on the 

 east and west of the mountains. The 15 Atlantic States 

 (from Georgia to the Maine, consequently without the 

 Floridas) occupy, on the two sides of the mountains, ac- 

 cording to Mr. Warden, 386,000 square miles 3 according 

 to Mr. Morse, 377,446, and according to M. Melish, 

 366,000. In adopting the latter number, and in estimat- 

 ing at 97,071 — 6,877 =90,194 square miles, the 15 states 

 lying on the west of the Alleghanies, we find the territory 

 of the United States comprehended between the Atlantic 

 Ocean and the mountains, without Florida, to be 275,806 

 square miles, and with Florida, 328,116 5 which results 

 agree with those I found from direct measures. Mr. Gal- 

 latin, in 1804, estimated this division, without comprehend- 

 ing Florida, at 320,000 square miles, which seems to 

 prove that this statesman, so well versed in the statis- 

 tics of his country, had allowed more than 386,000 square 

 miles, for the total area of the Atlantic States, or, that he 

 had traced the line of division by a chain less easterly than 

 the Alleghanies. 

 |S) Between the Alleghanies and the Mississipi, at most 606,000 

 square English miles, or 50,620 square marine leagues. 

 I find, without that part of Florida situated on the west of 



