Note 120 — Chapter XIII · MARYLAND’S VICISSITUDES.
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The following estimate of the population of the twelve colonies in 1715 (from Chalmer’s American Colonies, ii. 7) may be of interest:—
White. Black. Total.
Massachusetts 94,000 2,000 96,000
Virginia 72,000 23,000 95,000
Maryland 40,700 9,500 50,200
Connecticut 46,000 1,500 47,500
Pennsylvania } 43,300 2,500 45,800
Delaware }
New York 27,000 4,000 31,000
New Jersey. 21,000 1,500 22,500
South Carolina 6,250 10,500 16,750
North Carolina 7,500 3,700 11,200
New Hampshire 9,500 150 9,650
Rhode Island 8,500 500 9,000
375,750 58,850 434,600