Plate 21: Progress (Rank of Cities by Population) of 
 Scribner's statistical atlas of the United States, showing by graphic methods their present condition and their political, social and industrial development by Fletcher W. Hewes and Henry Gannett... - 

Ranks Richmond at #14 w/ 5,737 in 1800 Census.

It is image #61 of 271 when viewing the atlas sheets at this URL:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3701gm.gct00009 
CALL NUMBER
G1201.G1 H4 1883

Unfortunately you have to go through the groups to get to individual sheets within the atlas.

The Library of Congress has other National Atlases online:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/census.html 
(Statistical Atlases) 1870, 1880, 1890
& (National Atlas) 1970

Diane


Diane T. Schug-O'Neill

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>>> Robin Gabriel <[log in to unmask]> 03/10/08 1:55 PM >>>
Which was the largest city in Virginia in the late 18th C./early 19th C.?=
 (I'm=20
thinking it was Alexandria, but a colleague thinks it was Williamsburg). =
Or are=20
we both wrong?!

R Gabriel

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