Can someone recommend a source listing the populations of cities and counties of the colonies in the 1770s?
Douglas wrote: >Can someone recommend a source listing the populations of cities and >counties of the colonies in the 1770s? That would be an interesting study & it seems to be something that is often overlooked. I have some select cities that I noted while reading Lynn Montross' _Reluctant Rebels_ . Before I share those, though, I think it is interesting to look at the size of the colonies in 1770. [I didn't note where i got these numbers] Georgia 23,375 Delaware 35,496 Rhode Island 58,196 New Hampshire 62,396 New Jersey 117,431 South Carolina 124,244 New York 162,920 Connecticut 183,881 North Carolina 197,200 Maryland 202,599 Massachusetts 235,308 Pennsylvania 240,057 Virginia 447,016 Total 2,090,119 The cities I noted were; Montross [p32] lists the 6 largest cities of the British Empire in 1776 as; 750,000 London 38, 000 Philadelphia Bristol Dublin 22,000 NY 17,000 Boston Norfolk is VA's largest town.[p134] 6,000 Baltimore, 1775 [p198] 2000 Richmond, VA [Ellis, "Passionate Sage"] 1800 York, PA [RR p209] _____- Charleston, SC - [1776-- "equal to the number on the frontier" Rutledge, Debates on AOC- "J Adams Works, II p495"] Jim