Ebook The City of New York

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 £100, 1209; Freeholders of £20, 1221; Tenants of 4os., 2661; Freemen, 93; Males, 13330; Females.