1790 United States census
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The 1790 United States census was the first United States census. It recorded the population of the whole United States as of Census Day, August 2, 1790, as mandated by Article 1, Section 2, of the Co
Title page of 1790 United States census
Commemorative pitcher with census results
Rensselaerswyck
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Rensselaerswyck was a Dutch colonial patroonship and later an English manor owned by the van Rensselaer family located in the present-day Capital District of New York in the United States.
1790 United States census
…South 150,227 Baltimore Maryland 13,503 South 585,708 Norwalk Connecticut 11,942 Northeast 91,184 Northern Liberties Pennsylvania 9,913 Northeast —N/a Rensselaerswyck New York 8,318 Northeast —N/a Salem Massachusetts 7,921 Northeast 44,480 Watervliet New York 7,419 Northeast 10,375 Ballston New York 7,333 Northeast…
An 1841 oil painting of the Van Rensselaer Manor House by Thomas Cole
The historical marker at the dividing line between the Manor of Rensselaerswyck and Albany, New York
House at the Watervliet farm built by Jeremias van Rensselaer following the April 7, 1666 flood, depicted in an 1839 pencil sketch
A poster announcing an Anti-Rent meeting in Nassau, New York