City of New York e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In 1786 the population of the city was estimated to be and the number of houses According to the census of 1790 the population of the city and county was white males, over sixteen years of age; males under sixteen; white females; 1101 other free persons; slaves; total, inhabitants. This, however, in cluded Harlem, which, properly speaking, was not a part of the city. Another calculation, printed in the newspapers, made the number of inhabitants classified as Free holders of GBP100, 1209; Freeholders of GBP20, 1221; Tenants of 4os., 2661; Freemen, 93; Males, 13330; Females.