The Law of Population: A Treatise, in Six Books; in Disproof of the Superfecundity of Human Beings, and Developing of the Real Principle of Their Increase, Volume 1 |
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... Amount of the early Population of the North American Colonies , now the United States , generally 427 Of Emigration to ... Number of Emigrants existing in the United States , calculated on a comparison of the Census of 1820 with those of ...
... Amount of the early Population of the North American Colonies , now the United States , generally 427 Of Emigration to ... Number of Emigrants existing in the United States , calculated on a comparison of the Census of 1820 with those of ...
Page 415
... total of the emigrants to these States , from their first settlement , had amounted to 21,200 only , a fact which I neither admit nor believe , still that number is evi- dently exclusive of their increase up to the date spe- cified ...
... total of the emigrants to these States , from their first settlement , had amounted to 21,200 only , a fact which I neither admit nor believe , still that number is evi- dently exclusive of their increase up to the date spe- cified ...
Page 416
... emigrants almost exclusively con- sist of , will of necessity add to their numbers , with far greater rapidity than an equal number born in and taken promiscuously from an entire community ; for example , very many of these 21,200 would ...
... emigrants almost exclusively con- sist of , will of necessity add to their numbers , with far greater rapidity than an equal number born in and taken promiscuously from an entire community ; for example , very many of these 21,200 would ...
Page 417
... number of emigrants ) " as near as can be guessed 3. " It may , too , have referred to Massachusetts only ; at all events , it is given under the date of 1637. Mr. Malthus , however , brings the time down to 1643 , equally rejecting ...
... number of emigrants ) " as near as can be guessed 3. " It may , too , have referred to Massachusetts only ; at all events , it is given under the date of 1637. Mr. Malthus , however , brings the time down to 1643 , equally rejecting ...
Page 438
... number of the white inhabitants now existing in the Union , were founded . I mean , New York and Pennsylvania 3 . Both the Jerseys , also , were settled long after the period when we are to understand emigration had ceased , which ...
... number of the white inhabitants now existing in the Union , were founded . I mean , New York and Pennsylvania 3 . Both the Jerseys , also , were settled long after the period when we are to understand emigration had ceased , which ...
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