Statistical View of the Population of Massachusetts from 1765 to 1840

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Descriptive Summary Jesse Chickering Papers, 1805-1919 Chickering, Jesse, 1797-1855. Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185

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Biographical Note

Jesse Chickering, 1797-1855, was an author and political economist.

Collection Overview

Contains journals, correspondence, financial papers, writings and speeches, and printed materials. Most material concerns Chickering's career as author and political economist. The Writings and Speeches Series contains the manuscript drafts of Chickering's writings, including his Statistical View of the Population of Massachusetts from 1765 to 1840 (1846); Emigration into the United States (1848); Reports on the Census of Boston (1851); and Letter addressed to the President of the United States on Slavery, considered in Relation to the Principles of Constitutional Government in Great Britain and in the United States (1855). Other subjects in this series include constellations, bank reports from several Boston banks, Harvard alumni, and publication of Chickering's work.

The Correspondence Series includes personal letters and letters pertaining to research on Massachusetts population growth. Correspondents include: Levi Woodbury, George Ticknor, John Langdon Sibley, David Henshaw, George Bancroft, Henry I. Bowditch, Horace Mann, Daniel Webster, and James Buchanan (Harvard Librarian). Immigration, slavery, and Harvard University are also mentioned in the correspondence. The Journals Series contains statistical information on immigration into the United States between 1819 and 1855, with emphasis on Massachusetts. The Miscellaneous Series includes information pertaining to astronomy, including cloth maps with astronomical models and planetaria.

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Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851. Ticknor, George, 1791-1871. Sibley, John Langdon, 1804-1885. Henshaw, David, 1791-1852. Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. Bowditch, Henry I (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892. Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Mann, Horace, 1796-1859. Astronomical models. Planetaria. Slavery--Law and legislation. Constellations. Harvard University--Alumni. Immigrants--United States--Massachusetts. Massachusetts--Population. Banks and banking, American--Massachusetts--Boston. Chickering, Jesse, 1797-1855.--Letter addressed to the President of the United States on slavery: considered in relation to the constitutional principles of government in Great Britain and in the United States--By an American citizen. Chickering, Jesse, 1797-1855.--Reports on the census of Boston. Chickering, Jesse, 1797-1855.--Emigration into the United States. Chickering, Jesse, 1797-1855.--Statistical view of the population of Massachusetts from 1765 to 1840. Contents of Collection Journal Series 1 1819-1871 (5 folders) Correspondence Series 2 1821-1858 (8 folders) Financial Papers Series 3 1859, undated (2 folders) Writings and Speeches Series 3 Astronomical, 1827-1828, undated Banks, undated Bank Dividend Report, 1841, undated Constitution and Government, 1758-1780, undated Convents and Catholicism, 1794-1835, undated Harvard Alumni, 1852, undated (2 folders) Immigration into the United States, 1847-1851, undated (2 folders) 4 Legislative Representation, 1853, undated Market Bank Report, 1835-1841, undated Medical, 1835, undated North and City Bank Reports, 1841-1845, undated On the Declaration of Independence, undated Population, 1830, undated Reports on the Census of Boston, 1851, undated Slavery: Nebraska Question, 1854 North American Review, Slavery and the Missouri Question, 1820 Slavery in the United States Constitutionally Considered, undated Statistical View of the Population of Massachusetts from 1765-1840 Wealth in Mass., undated Miscellaneous, 1821-1851, undated (2 folders) Printed Materials Series, 1826-1855 and undated (5 folders) 5Constitution and by-laws of the American Statistical Association 5Influence of slavery upon the white population 5The United States Constitution. 5Letter addressed to the President of the United States on slavery 5Nouvelles idées sur la population 5Address of the Hon. Edward Everett, at the anniversary of the American Colonization Society, January 5Colonization. 5The history of Charlestown, Massachusetts 5Does slavery Christianize the negro? 5The "ruin" of Jamaica 5The inter-state slave trade. 5American steam navigation. 5White slavery in the United States. 5Tables showing the number of emigrants and recaptured Africans sent to the colony of Liberia 5Anti-slavery tracts Miscellaneous Series 5 General, 1821-1864, undated Astronomical studies, undated Clippings, 1854-1851, undated 6 Legal papers, 1805-1860, undated Railroads, 1836-1843, undated (2 folders) Oversize Materials Writings and Speeches Series 7 Statistical View of the Population of Massachusetts from 1765-1840. undated Printed Material Series 7 1838-1918, undated Miscellaneous Series 7 Astronomical studies, undated (2 folders) 1 General, undated 2Miscellaneous, 1821-1864 and undated