3804) 
The yellow fever; which, fince 1793, 
has conftantly made an annual depopula- 
tion in America, and which now rages in 
New York, Philadelphia, Bofton, and at 
Alexandria, (only eight miles from Wath- 
“ington, the feat of Government) has alfo 
in fome meafure contributed to baffle the 
DoSor’s calculation, although under every 
advantage upon which he grounded it, it 
muft be evident that it far exceeded the 
ne plus ultra of the increafe of the human 
{pecies in the climate of the United S.ates, 
or perhaps in the univerfe. People who 
have travelled over the States, and fought 
for inforination in every track, very much 
doubt whether their population would 
double itfelf from the beginning to the 
end of the prefent century, totally inde- 
pendent of emigrants, and allowing for 
the prebability of a :devaitation by war, 
and the ravages of the yellow fever, added 
to the catalogue of cuftomary diforders, 
The population of the United States has 
undoubtedly increafed according to the 
account in your Magazine: but as no 
mention is made of emigrants, the Euro- 
pean reader fhould be apprized that they 
are included ; and thus the increafe of 
101 is not to be prefumed as emanating 
from the ftock of 1791 only, but as the 
refult of that and a large foreign emi- 
gration conjunctively. 
The United States comprize upwards of 
3,000,000 of fquare m les, or 640,000,000 
acres of land, exclufive of water, and 
mutt, as Dr. Franklin oblerves, require 
many ages to fetile it fully: for, allowing 
forty acres to each family (which is an 
ample allowance of freehold land, for 
which no rent, and very few taxes, are 
paid) and it will take 16,000,090 of fa- 
milies, exclufive of the numbers com- 
preffed into cities, towns, &c, Louifiana, 
Jately ceded to the Americans, and to 
which they now claim the Floridas, as be- 
‘ing attached, or comprehended under 
ithe 
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that title, contains an extent of Jand pro- 
bably more than as much again; and al- 
lowing 16,000,000 of families, and five 
‘toafamily, the dominion of the United 
States will be found capable of containing 
320,000,000 of fouls, enjoying each as 
mach room as Great Britain could afford 
to 12,000,000. 
The period mut be, therefore, far dif- 
tant before the Americans will, if ever, 
be reduced for want of land to fhut them- 
felves up in the workfhops of crowded ci- 
nions, froma conviction that they were 
wrong, he had become lefs confident of his 
Opinions, and frecly yielded fo the fenfe of a 
majority againft him.” 
Enquiry efter Chattertoni Papers. 
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ties, to earn their fubfiftence by manufae- 
tures; and the proximity of Louifana, 
which is bounded on the weit by New 
Mexico, will facilitate the entry of the 
precious metals into the American domi~ 
nions, and add to the luxury of tne na- 
tives, whil& it deprefles their {pirit of in- 
duftry. The demand of Britifh manu- 
factures mu confequently increale, whilft 
their quality and cheapnefs infures them 
the preference over thofe of otiier nations, 
and Great Britain will be the workthop 
of the United States. As to Dr. frank~ 
jin’s obfervation, that Great Britain will 
not be able to-fupply the confumption of 
the United States, though her whole trade 
fheuid be to them, it leems groundle{s 5 
the exertions of Great Britain are now in- 
finitely more than adequate to their fup- 
ply, and, if the eoniumption fhoxld in- 
creafe ten times as much, would {till con- 
tinue to be fo. Manufactures would find 
bread for thoufands, who would otherwife 
emigrate ; and if the population of Great 
Britain fhould increafé beyond i's power 
of giving fudfiftence to them, the Unired 
States would be its granary. Such is the 
relative fituation of Great Britain and the 
United States to each other, affording 
fuch a profpe& of reciprocal advantages 
as none but the moft infatuated policy cam 
ever deftroy or interrupt. Iam, Sir, 
Your's, &c. 
—r ae 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
T is well known, that the late Mr. 
il George Catcott, of Briftol, was pof- 
feffed of a variety of letters from eminent 
literary characters, refpecting the now- 
decided Rowleian controverfy. Thefe, 
together with many other curious papers, 
are fuppo‘ed to have devolved to his ne- 
phew, Mr. Smith, a refpectable furgeon 
of the fame place, whofe corre judgment 
is well calculated to appreciate their me- 
rits. Mr. Southey’s edition of Chaiter- 
ton’s Works has attached a double value 
to every additional circumftance refpeét- 
ing that unfor:unate prodigy of genius. 
Mr. Smith would, therefore, undoubt- 
edly highly cblige the public by fubmit- 
ting to their perafal, through the medium 
of this or fome o'her periodical publica- 
tion, thé letters in queftion, as weil as 
fuch other anecdotes and obfervations as 
may not be generally known, but with 
which Mr. Catcott’s memory was well 
ftored, and which, it is hoped, he com- 
mitted to’ paper. Private motives pre- 
vented his allowing ‘* The Exhibition,” 
a fatirical poem of Chatierton’s, to be . 
; vented 
