our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, and in the third year of the independence of America. On the part and behalf of the State of New Hampshire. JOSIAH BARTLETT, JOHN WENTWORTH, Jun., August 8, 1778. On the part and behalf of the State af Massachusetts Bay. JOHN HANCOCK, ELBRIDGE GERRY, JAMES LOVELL, On the part and behalf of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. WILLIAM ELLERY, HENRY MARCHANT, JOHN COLLINS. ANDREW ADAMS, On the part and behalf of the State of Connecticut. JAS. DUANE, OLIVER WOLCOTT, On the part and behalf of the State of New York. GOUV. MORRIS - NATH. SCUDDER, do. On the part and behalf of the State of New Jersey. JNO. WITHERSPOON, November 26, 1778, On the part and behalf of the State of Pennsylvania. JONA. BAYARD SMITH, JOS. REED, 22d July, 1778, WILLIAM CLINGAN. On the part and behalf of the State of Delaware. NICHOLAS VAN DYKE. On the part and behalf of the State of Maryland. On the part and behalf of the State of Virginia. ROBT. MORRIS, DANIEL ROBERDEAU, JOHN HANSON, March 1, 1981, DANIEL CARROLL, do. [Note. From the circumstance of delegates from the same state having signed the Articles of Confederation at different times, as appears by the dates, it is probable they affixed their names as they happened to be present in congress, after they had been authorized by their constituents.] THOS. HEYWARD, Jun., RICHARD HUTSON. EDWD. TELFAIR, Monmouth Morris.... Ocean Passaic Salem Somerset Sussex Warren Total Co. 20, In... 489,833 Franklin Pennsylvania. Huntington.... Adams Total Co. 21, In........583,085 Greene 80,883 Clinton...... 11,207 Northumberland 23,272 80,153 Columbia. 17,710 Perry 20,088 10,032 Crawford 19.467 Dauphin... 19,688 Delaware 87,849 Philadelphia. .408,762 22,515 Cumberland 84,327 Pike. 5,881 35,754 Potter.... 6,048 24,679 Schuylkill 60,718 22.989 Elk 22.853 Erie... Fayette 8.531 Somerset 24,416 88,742 Sullivan. 8,694 39,112 Susquehanna. 28,688 39,904 Tioga 23,987 Fulton 7,567 Union. 26,083 Green 22,186 Venango 18,310 24,786 Warren 18,671 25,981 Indiana... 27,170 Washington 44,989 188,290 Jefferson 18,518 Wayne.. 21,890 29,560 Juniata. 18,029 Westmoreland' 51,726 26,689 Lancaster. 98.944 Wyoming 10,655 23,052 Lawrence. 21,079 York. 57,450 77,129 Lebanon. 26,071 21,777 Lehigh 42,881 Luzerne 56,091 Lycoming 80,346 Mercer 17,773 Mifflin 82,479 Total Co. 68, In. .... 2,811,786 56,072 26,257 88,172 Delaware. 14,980 15,686 Monroe 18,270 Kent 22,816 23.355 Montgomery. 58,291 New Castle 42,784 66,438 Montour..... 18,239 Sussex 25,935 23,565 McKean 5,254 12,586 | Northampton 40,235 Total Co. 8, In......... 91,535 SOUTHERN STATES. Brooke. 5,054 | King and Queen...... 10,819 Campbell 23,245 Kanawha... 15,853 82,393 Caroline.. 18.456 Lancaster 4,708 22,769 Charlotte 18,955 Loudoun 22,079 210,646 Charles City 5,200 Louisa 16,691 18,939 Chesterfield.. 17,489 Lunenburg 11,692 16,162 Culpepper. 12,282 Lee 10,267 9,692 Cumberland 20,616 Cabell...... 9,751 Lewis 10,081 6,299 Logan 8,620 9,646 Carroll 5,909 Madison 9,381 11,886 Essex 15,860 Fairfax. 21,550 Fauquier 14,484 Fluvanna 18,693 | Franklin. 22.456 Fayette.. 13,511 Floyd 18,877 Clarke 40.987 Dinwiddie 7,352 Matthews. 6,714 19,356 Doddridge.. 25,118 Mecklenburg 20,680 4,894 Elizabeth City 4,586 Marion 10,552 10,206 Marshall 10,183 10,682 Mason.... 7,539 20,868 Mercer 4,222 9,487 Monongalia 12,887 17,480 Monroe... 10,204 8,955 Montgomery. 8,859 6,458 Morgan 8,554 30,848 Frederick 15.975 Nansemond. 12,288 18,859 Gloucester.. 10,527 Nelson 12,758 Goochland 10,352 New Kent. 6,004 4,400 Norfolk ... 88,036 Greenville 5,689 Northampton 7.498 Giles 6,570 Northumberland. 7,346 Gilmer 8,475 Nottoway. 8,487 17,890 Grayson. 6,677 Nicholas 8,968 25,800 Greenbrier. 9,392 Orange 10,067 10,008 Halifax 25,962 Ohio. 18,006 9,770 Hanover. 15,153 Patrick. 9,609 12,699 Henrico 9,193 Henry 48,572 Pittsylvania 28,796 8,872 Powhatan 8,178 8,515 Hampshire 14,086 Prince Edward 11,852 24,610 Hancock 4,050 Prince George 7,596 24,080 Hardy 9,543 Princess Ann 7,669 13,894 Harrison 11,728 Prince William 8,129 13,837 Highland.... 4,227 Page 7,600 9,005 Isle of Wight 9,358 Pendleton 5,795 8,426 James City 4,020 Pocahontas 8,598 11,771 Jackson 6,544 Preston 11,708 8,237 Jefferson 15,357 Pulaski........ 5,118 15,449 King George.... 5,971 Putnam 4,212 King William 5,885 8,779 Rappahannock..... 9,782 699 Richmond.... 8,148 Raleigh.... 12,699 Randolph 3,424 Ritchie.. Roanoke 4,300 16,100 Rockbridge. 6,668 Rockingham Russell. 6,319 7,282 Southampton Spottsylvania 9,357 18,300 Stafford 23,901 POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. 6,448 Lenoir...... 7,828 Baldwin. 1,765 Lincoln..... 7,746 Bibb 5,243 McDowell 6,246 Bryan 8,902 Macon...... 6,889 Bullock 8,477 Martin 8,307 Burke.. 16,045 Mecklenberg.. 13,914 Botts 20,294 Montgomery 6,872 Camden 11,919 Moore... 9,342 Campbell... 18.521 Nash 10,657 Carroll 14,911 New Hanover 17,668 Cass.... 8,044 Northampton. 13,895 Chatham 5,679 Onslow 8,283 Chattoga 9,820 Orange 17,055 Cherokee. 9,829 Pasquotank... 8,950 Clark... 18.765 Perquimans 7,881 Clinch..... 8,162 Person 10,781 Cobb. 5,367 Pitt 18,397 Columbia. 9,942 Randolph 15,832 Coweta.. 5,493 Richmond 9,818 Crawford. 1,546 Robeson. 12,826 Dade... 8,080 Rockingham. 14,495 Decatur 6,607 Rowan 13,570 De Kalb.... 14.612 Rutherford 13,550 Dooly 4,760 Sampson. 14,535 Early.. 6,922 Etlingham 9,206 Elbert 9,450 Surry 18,443 Emanuel 1,645 Tyrrel.... 5,133 Fayette. 12,024 Union 10,051 Floyd 4,460 Wake 24,587 Forsyth Warren 18,912 Franklin Washington 5,666 Gilmer 3,400 Glynn. Wayne 18,456 Gordon Wilkes 12,099 Greene 11,444 Yancey..... 8,205 Gwinnett.... 5,220 Habersham 13,459 Total Co. 79, In... 868,903 Hall..... 8,777 Hancock 18,816 12,851 9,767 South Carolina. (Districts.) Harris... Heard Henry. 7,272 Abbeville. 32,318 Houston. 13,425 Anderson. 21,475 Irwin .. 7,772 Barnwell.. 26,608 Jackson 9,747 Beaufort. 38,505 Jasper... 6,314 Charleston. 72,505 Jones 6,049 Chester.... 18.038 Jefferson 6,808 Chesterfield. 10,790 Laurens 15,269 Colleton.. 89,505 Lee 8,862 Darlington. 16,830 Liberty. Chatham 18,449 Edgefield.. 39.262 Lincoln 5,998 Cherokee. 6,838 Fairfield.. 21,404 Lowndes 8,851 Chowan Cleaveland. 6,721 Georgetown 20,647 Lumpkin 8,954 10,996 Greenville.. 20,156 Macon... 7,052 5,909 Horry 7,646 Madison.. 5,608 14,709 Kershaw 14.473 Marion 10,280 Cumberland 20,610 Lancaster. 10,988 McIntosh. 6,028 Currituck 7,236 Laurens 23,407 Meriwether. 16,476 15,320 Lexington 12,930 Monroe 16,985 Davie 7,866 Marion 17,407 Montgomery 2,154 Duplin 13,514 Marlborough.. 10,789 Morgan... 10,744 17,189 Newberry 20,143 Murray. 14,433 Forsyth Franklin Gaston 11,168 Orangeburg. 23,582 Muscogee. 18,578 11,718 Pickens 16,904 Newton 13,296 8,073 Richland 20,243 Oglethorpe 12,259 Gates 8,426 Spartansburg. 26,400 Paulding 7,039 Granville. 21.249 Sumpter.. 83.220 Pike 14,305 Greene 6,619 Union 19,852 Polk Guilford 19,754 Williamsburg. 12,447 Pulaski 6,627 Halifax. 17,589 York.... 19,433 Putnam 10,794 Haywood. 7,074 Rabun. 2,448 Henderson 6,853 Total Co. 29, In.....668,507 Randolph. 12,868 Hertford. 8,142 Richmond 16,246 Hyde. 7.636 Iredell 14,719 Georgia. Scriven. 6,844 Spalding..... Johnston 18,736 Appling ......... 2,949 Stewart. 16,024 Jones 5,088 Baker 8,120 Sumter.... 10,822 16,584 Hancock...... Total Co. 99, In... 905,999 Randolph, Total Co. 28, In....... 87,401 Hinds Alabama. Autauga....... Benton. Blount Baldwin Barbour Bibb Butler.. Cherokee. Chambers Choctaw Clarke... Coffee.... Conecuh Coosa Covington De Kalb... Dale Dallas.. Fayette Franklin Greene 1,542 Pike 7.860 5,146 Henry...... 9,019 Rankin..... 7,227 8,227 Jackson 14,088 Sun Flower 1,102 Jefferson 8,988 Scott.. 8,961 3.026 Lauderdale 17,172 Simpson.. 4,784 10,103 Lawrence 15,258 Smith 4,071 16,879 Limestone 16,488 Tallahatchee. 4,648 8,179 Lowndes 21,915 Tippa 20,741 7,234 Madison. 26,427 Tishemingo. 15,490 9,424 Marion 7.833 Tunica 1,814 18,109 Marshall. 8,846 Winston.. 7,956 10,821 Morgan 10,125 Warren. 18,127 8,888 Macon 26,898 Washington 8,389 12,425 Marengo 27,881 Wayne 2,892 11,766 Mobile 27,600 Wilkinson. 16,914 1,499 Monroe 12,018 Yallabusha 17,258 Montgomery. 29,795 Yazoo... 14,418 8,212 Pike 15,920 12,107 Pickens 21,512 Total Co. 59, In........ 606,555 Perry 22.285 11,581 Louisiana. Russell 19,548 St. Clair 6,829 (Parishes.) Shelby 9.536 Ascension 10,759 2,524 Sumter.. 22,250 Assumption 10,538 926 Talladega. 1,877 Tallapoosa 4,808 Tuscaloosa. 18,624 Avoyelles 9,826 15,584 E. Baton Rouge. 11.977 18,056 W. Baton Rouge. 6,270 159 Walker.... 5,124 Bienville 5,599 4,539 Wilcox 17,352 Bossier 6.962 4,351 Washington 2,718 Caddo.. 8,884 1,561 Calcasieu 3,914 8,783 Total Co. 52, In... 771,671 Caldwell. 2,815 2,469 Carroll 8,789 2.877 1,644 Mississippi. Catahoula... 6,992 Claiborne. 7.471 6,639 Attala 10,999 Concordia 7,758 7,718 Adams 18,622 De Soto 8,019 11,442 Amite 9,694 E. Feliciana 18,598 465 Bolivar. 2,577 W. Feliciana.. 18,245 5,490 Carroll 8,338 Chickasaw. 18,491 Franklin 8,251 16,868 Iberville 12,914 2,643 Choctaw. 11,402 Jefferson 25,091 2,164 Coahoma 1,780 Jackson 5,566 466 Claiborne. 14,941 La Fourche 9,533 687 Clarke.... 5,477 Livingston 8,885 2,525 Copiah 11,794 Lafayette... 6,720 139 Covington 2,888 De Soto 1,955 Franklin. 1,879 Green 8,888 Madison 8,778 19,042 Morehouse 8,918 5,904 Natchitoches. 14,201 2,018 Orleans..... 119,461 1,950 Hancock 8,672 Plaquemines. 7,390 Harrison 4,875 Point Coupee 11,889 25,840 Rapides 16.561 Holmes 18,928 Sabine... 4,515 Itawamba 18,528 St. Bernard 8.802 Issaquena. 4,478 St. Charles.... 5,120 15,023 Jackson 8,196 St. Helena 4,561 27,168 Jasper.... 6,184 St. James. 11,098 7,867 Jefferson 18,198 St. John Baptist 7,817 4,414 Jones. 2,164 St. Tammany 6,364 23,682 Kemper 12,517 St. Landry.. 22,258 9.969 Lafayette 14,069 St. Martin 11,107 10,886 Lowndes 19,544 St. Mary 8,808 13,884 Lauderdale 8,717 Terre Bonne.. 7,724 23,962 Lawrence 6,478 Tensas 9,042 8,889 Leake 5,533 Union 8,208 18,786 Marshall..... 29,689 Vermilion 8,409 5,940 Monroe... 21,172 Washington 3,408 9,322 Madison 14,543 Marion 2,645 Noxubee 16,299 Total Co. 47, In.......517,789 8,245 Neshoba. 4,728 6,846 Newton 4,465 Texas. 29,727 Oktibbeha 9,171 9,681 Panola 11.444 Anderson..... 19,610 Pontotoc 17,112 Angelina 1,441 Perry 2,485 Austin.... 18,178 Wachita 5,008 4,410 2,884 1,165 3,811 |