3.-Land Area* and Population to Square Mile, 1850. *In the body of the book the total area is given-here only the land area, as esti mated by the superintendent of the United States census. ་ Estimated for comparison. II.-PRINCIPAL COLLEGES OF THE UNITED STATES, JANUARY, 1848. NAME. Bowdoin.... Waterville... Dartmouth... LOCATION. Brunswick, Waterville, University of Vermont. Burlington, Middlebury, Norwich University... Norwich, Amherst. Holy Cross.. Brown University. Yale... Trinity. COMMENCEMENT. Me. 1794 10 941 123 21,000 1st Wed. in Sept do 1820 6 240 74 7,000 2d Wed. in Aug. N.H. 1769 14 2,480 200 15.000 Last Tues. in Aug. Vt. 1791 6 441 97 11,000 1st Wed. in Aug. do 1800 5 852 60 7,000 4th Wed. in July. do 1834 5 107 88 1,000 2d Thurs. in July. Mass. 1638 35 6,062 270 79,200 4th Wed. in Aug Williamstown, do 1793 81,581 177 8,500 3d Wed. in Aug. Amherst, do 1821 11 858 150 20,000 2d Thurs. in Aug. Worcester, do 1843 14 none. 117 4,300 Last week in July. Providence, R.I. 1764 7 1,613 141 27,500 1st Wed. in Sept. New-Haven, Conn. 1700 34 5,678 379 47,000 3d Thurs. in Aug. Hartford, do 1824 8 136 74 9,500 1st Thurs. in Aug. do 1831 7 306 110 12,000 1st Wed. in Aug. N.Y. 1754 13 1,384 124 14,000 Wed. af.1st Mon. in J'ly do 1795 13 2,762 257 16,000 4th Wed. in July." do 1812 10 551 178 10,000 4th Wed in July. do 1819 8 200 140 7,000 3d Wed. in Aug. do 1823 8 do 1833 7 323 151 do 1837 11 380 29 do 1841 14 N.J. 1746 15 N. Brunswick, do 1770 9 Univ. of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Penn. 1755 7 Dickinson..... Wesleyan University... Middletown, Columbia.. Union.... New-York, Hamilton, Geneva, 4,000 Wed. prec. 4th July 2,800 Last Thurs. in June 10 110 10,000 About 15th of July 2,867 240 14,500 Last Wed. in June 513 76 15,000 4th Wed. in July. 531 88 5,000 15, 16 or 17th July. Carlisle, do 1783 12 579 142 12,000 2d Thurs. in July. Canonsburg, do 1802 1,000 93 10,000 2d Wed. in June. Washington, do 1806 8 441 105 3,300 Last Wed. in Sept. Meadville, do 1815 5 82 67 9,009 3d Thurs. in July. Gettysburg, Easton, Mercersburg, West'rn Univer. of Penn Pittsburgh. St. Thomas of Villanova nr. Philadelphia, do Delaware... Newark, Emmetsburg, do 150 3,500 3d Wed. in July. 3,300 The 22d February. 4th July. 4,000 Last Wed. in June. 3 32 180 89 22,000 Near last of July. 174 50 6,000 2d Wed. in July. 8,750 Th. bef. 1st Mon. in Aug 68 5,000 July 4th. 25 43 1830 24 Glade Spring, Univers. of N. Carolina. Chapel Hill, 7,000 Wed. bef. 4th July 5,000 3d Thurs. in June. 17,500 20th June, if not 8. 1,200 3d Wed. in Dec. 6.000 2d Wed. in June. 2,800 Last Wed. in June. 2,500 Last Wed. in Sept. 16 128 4th July. 905 55 12,000 1st Thurs. in June. 4 44 1,500 Last Thurs. in June 11 24 4,700 3d Thurs. in June. 121 44 3,000 Last Tues. in March 88 219 19,000 1st Mond. in Dec. 558 147 13,000 Lst Wed. in Aug. 53 45 3,000 Wed af. 2d M'd Nv 7,000 First Thurs. in April 4,400 Last Wed. in July. 4,000 15th July. 300 December. 1st November. University of Louisiana New-Orleans, do Greenville..... Washington.. Greenville, Tenn. 1794 2 110 41 University of Nashville. Nashville, do 1806 6 377 1,000 3,000 3d Wed. in Sept. Union... Franklin East Tennessee.. Murfreesboro, do near Nashville, do Knoxville, do 92 1842 4 none 70 1844 6 6 44 1807 7 112 81 do 1844 5 do 1830 4 4 80 43 44 9,700 1st Wed. in Oct. 300 1st Wed. in Nov. 1,000 1st week in Oct. 3,980 1st Wed. in Aug. 1,000 Last Thurs. in July. 2,000 2d Wed. in Aug. 14,000 3d Wed. in Aug. 150 126 5,000 Last Thurs. in July. 237 130 4,500 Last Thurs. in June. Georgetown... Bacon.. Georgetown, do 1830 7 Harrodsburg, do 1836 4 65 120 5,200 Last Wed. in June. Athens, Oxford, New Athens, Western Reserve.. Hudson, 60 Ohio 1821 6 151 66 do 1809 5 343 137 do 1825 41 90 80 do 1826 11 138 71 do 1826 6 146 49 do 1832 5 30 26 do 1832 5 do 1834 10 Cincinnati, do 1819 8 Cincinnati, do 1840 14 Cincinnati, do 1831 5 Springfield, do .... 17 91 49 164 93 1,800 Last Friday in June. 3,500 1st Wed. in Aug. 8,000 2d Thurs. in Aug. 2,200 Last Wed. in Sept. 6,000 2d Thurs. in Aug. 8,800 1st Wed. in Aug. 4,000 3d Wed. in July. 6,300 Last Thurs. in July. 4,000 4th Wed. in Aug. 84 270 6,000 2d Wed. in July. 15 1,400 Friday bef. 4th July .... Ohio Wesleyan Univer. Delaware, Indiana State University Hanover... Wabash.. do 1844 5 Bloomington, Ind. 1827 5 South Hanover, do 1829 6 Crawfordsville, do 1833 6 4 31 2,000 1st Wed. in Aug. 2,500 Last Wed. in Sept. 92 41 2,200 3d Thurs. in Aug. 49 40 4,800 4th Wed. in July. 200 4th Wed. in July. 3,000 Last Thurs. in June. Iowa University. Iowa City, Iowa. 1840 Franklin Franklin, |