An illustrated history of the state of Indiana: being a full and authentic civil and political history of the state from its first exploration down to 1875, Part 19

Author: Goodrich, De Witt C; Tuttle, Charles R. (Charles Richard), b. 1848
Publication date: 1875
Publisher: Indianapolis : Richard S. Peale & Co.
Number of Pages: 752


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The Benevolent Society of Indianapolis was organized in 1843. This organization was a pioneer benevolent institution, and, although at first its field of work was small, it has grown into great usefulness, and has now a long history of good deeds.


During the session of 1842-3, the legislature adopted mea- sures providing for a State Hospital for the Insane. "As early as 1839," says Mr. "Halloway's Indianapolis," "atten- tion had been directed to the subject, but the State was in no very good condition to undertake new enterprises, and an appeal was made to Congress for a grant." This appeal had no good results, and the State was left to its own resources. Subsequently the County Assessors were ordered to make a return of the deaf mutes in their respective counties, in order that public sympathy for these unfortunates might be awak- ened. During the year 1842, the Governor, acting under the direction of the Legislature, procured considerable informa- tion in regard to hospitals for the insane in other States; and in 1843, Dr. John Evans lectured before the Legislature on the subject of Insanity and its Treatment. The result of this double effort was a determination to take some active steps in establishing a Hospital for the Insane in the State. On the


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thirteenth of February, 1843, the Governor was directed to obtain plans and suggestions from the Superintendents of Hospitals in other States, for submission to the Legislature at the next session. This he faithfully performed, and at the session of the Legislature in 1844, this information was exam- ined, a mode of operations determined, and a tax of one cent on the hundred dollars levied to carry it out. In the following year a commission was appointed to obtain a site, not to exceed two hundred acres, consisting of Dr. John Evans, Dr. L. Dunlap, and James Blake. Mount Jackson was selected - then' the residence of Nathaniel Bolton. This site, with specifications for building, was reported to the Legisla- ture at the next session, and in 1846 the Commissioners were ordered to proceed with the work of building. Means were placed at the disposal of the commission, and in 1847 the central building was completed, at a cost of $75,000. It has since been enlarged by wings, some of which are larger than the old central building, until it has become an immense structure, having cost over half a million of dollars. It is supplied with water by its own waterworks from Eagle creek, and is in every respect a complete, well-regulated hospital.


But while the State was providing for the insane, the deaf and dumb were not forgotten. In the same year that the Governor was instructed to obtain plans from Insane Hos- pitals, a tax was levied to provide for the mutes. The first one to agitate the subject, was William Willard, who was himself a mute. He visited Indiana in 1843, and opened a school for mutes on his own account, with sixteen pupils; and in 1844 the Legislature adopted his school as a State Institu- tion, and appointed a Board of Trustees for its management, consisting of the Governor, and Secretary of State, ex officio, and Revs. Henry Ward Beecher, Phineas D. Gurley, L. H. Jameson, Dr. Dunlap, Hon. James Morrison, and Rev. Mat- thew Simpson. They rented the large building standing on the southeast corner of Illinois and Maryland streets, and opened the first State Asylum there, in 1844. In 1846, a site for a permanent building was selected, consisting, first of thirty acres, but afterwards of a hundred and thirty acres, just


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east of the city of Indianapolis. A building was begun on this site in 1849, and was completed in the fall of 1850, at a cost of $30,000. The school was transferred to the new build- ing in October, 1850, where it is still flourishing, with enlarged buildings, and ample facilities for instruction in agriculture.


The blind were not provided for at this time; probably on account of the pressure of the wants of the insane, and the deaf and dumb, as also from the fact that their number had, at this time, not become very large. But the blind were not forgotten. The first effort, on their behalf, "was instigated and directed by James M. Ray, to whom the Indiana Institute for the Blind is more indebted than it is to any other man living." It was through his efforts that William H. Church- man was induced to come to Indianapolis from Kentucky, and give exhibitions, in Mr. Beecher's church, with blind pupils from his State. These entertainments were attended by mem- bers of the legislature, for whom they were especially intended; and the effect upon them was so good that before the adjourn- · ment of the session measures to establish a blind asylum were adopted. A commission was appointed to carry out the measure, consisting of James M. Ray, Geo. W. Mears and the Secretary, Treasurer and Auditor of the State. They engaged Mr. Churchman to make a lecturing tour through the State, and to collect statistics of the blind population.


The Institute for the Education of the Blind was founded by an act of the general assembly in 1847; and was first opened, says Mr. Halloway, in a rented building, on the first of October of that year. The permanent buildings were first opened and occupied in the month of February, 1853. The original cost of the buildings and ground was $110,000. A more full description will be found in the history of Marion County in this work.


Aside from the three institutions already mentioned, the State early provided handsomely other needed charities. Among these are the Indiana Female Prison and Reformatory, infir- maries, hospitals, homes for friendless womer, homes for orphans, asylums for friendless colored children, societies for the relief of the poor, and many other benevolent institutions,


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all of which are fully noticed in this volume, in the history of the county in which they are located.


Following are some statistics of the blind, deaf and dumb, insane, and idiotic, in the State:


STATISTICS OF THE BLIND, DEAF AND DUMB, INSANE, AND IDIOTIC- 1870.


Blind.


Deaf and Dumb.


Insane.


Idiotic.


Race and sex.


Male. ..


Female.


Male. ..


Female.


Male. ..


Female.


Male. ..


Female.


Total


541


450


467


405


748 739


756 747


790


787


570 561


White


521


441


462


403


6


4


2


5


Mulatto


5


2


2


2


3


5


3


4


Indian


1


As before mentioned, the Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb was founded by the State, in 1844. In 1860 it contained about one hundred and fifty pupils. During this year the sum of $15,000 was appropriated by the State to construct a complete steam heating apparatus in the Insti- tution. During the year 1870 the attendance was nearly two hundred, and it has since been constantly increasing. The school is conducted in the best possible manner, while the industrial interests are growing yearly.


At the Insane Hospital, in 1860, there were about five hundred and twenty patients. The number of applications that year for admission, was two hundred and sixty, many being refused for want of room. In reference to this matter, the Superintendent of the hospital, in the same year, reported that there was not room enough in the institution to accom- modate all who were pronounced unsafe in the community. He added: "The constitution contemplates provision for every insane person in the State, and humanity demands that each one should have an equal right to the benefits of treatment."


It was not long until complete arrangements were made for the accommodation of all the insane within the State. As


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soon as the War for the Union was ended, the north wing of the Insane Hospital was erected. This greatly improved the institution, giving the required room, improving the venti-


P & WEST. PHIL A.


See page 21.


lation, and bringing the hospital up to a standard equal to the demand upon it. During the year 1870 there were seven hundred and ninety-two patients treated in this institution,


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with good results. Following are statistics of pauperism and crime. Full descriptions of the penal institutions will be given in the history of the counties in which they are located :


STATISTICS OF POPULATION - PAUPERISM AND CRIME.


1870.


1860.


1850.


Population of the State


1,680,637


1,350,428


988,416


White population


1,653,837


1,338,710


977,154


Colored


do


24,560


11,428


11,262


Native do


1,539,163


1,232,144


930,458


Foreign do


141,474


118,284


55,572


Number of poor supported. . .


4,657


3,565


1,182


Cost of supporting them.


$403,521


$151,851


$57,560


Receiving support June 1. .


3,652


1,589


583


Native do


do


2,790


1,120


446


White do


do


2,583


. . .. .


. .


Colored do


do


207


Foreign do


do


862


469


137


Persons convicted.


1,374


1,184


175


Persons in prison June 1


907


284


59


White do do


691


Colored do


do


64


Foreign do


do


152


155


18


In collecting the statistical tables for this work, the com- pilers have consulted the census reports of 1850, 1860, and 1870, and also obtained much valuable information from travel through the State. The above table gives the statistics of the population, pauperism and crime in Indiana from 1850 to 1870. In another part of this work a sketch will be found giving the same information covering a period from 1870 to 1875.


In this short chapter mention has been made only of the most distinguished features of the charities of the State. The reader will find special mention of the several benevolent institutions in the histories of the counties according to their location.


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CHAPTER XXXV.


WEALTH AND PROGRESS.


- would be impossible to sum up, in a single chapter, or a single volume, all the wealth of Indiana; or to measure the progress of the great industries of the State. By studying the following table, and comparing these statistics with a sim- ilar showing of other States, the reader will be astonished to learn, perhaps for the first time, that Indiana is no longer a third rate State in the American Union; and had she sufficient territory within her limits, she would not long rank in the class of second rate States. Indeed it is only in point of terri- tory that Indiana can be ranked a second rate State. In regard to population, wealth, progress, enterprise, commerce, manu- factures, agriculture, intelligence, the State of Indiana, in comparison with other States, acre for acre, or square mile for square mile, is, in all senses, a FIRST RATE State. In many things ,she excells even the leading State of the Union.


POPULATION.


THE compilers of this work having visited all the cities, towns and villages in the State for the purpose of collecting the material for the county histories, were enabled to gather much valuable information concerning the probable number of inhabitants now living within the limits of the State. In 1850, the total population of Indiana was 988,416; in 1860 it was 1,350,428; in 1870, it was 1,680,637; and from a careful estimate, by townships, the compilers of this work have arrived at the conclusion that the population of this State, in 1875, will be OVER TWO MILLIONS. The following table, showing the population in 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1875, of all the towns


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and cities in Indiana, containing over one thousand inhabit- ants, will exhibit the unparalleled growth of the State during the past five years:


POPULATION OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND VILLAGES IN INDIANA IN 1850, 1860, AND 1870, WITH RELIABLE ESTIMATES FOR 1875.


Cities.


1850.


1860.


1870.


1875.


Anderson


382


1,169


3,126


3,650


Angola.


226


1,072


1,460


Attica


1,698


2,273


3,100


Aurora


1,945


2,984


3,304


4,111


Bloomington


1,295


1,038


1,620


Bluffton


477


760


1,131


2,150


Booneville


195


621


1,039


1,722


Bourbon


874


1,502


Brazil


84


2,186


4,200


Brownstown


903


1,600


Cambridge City


1,142


1,544


2,162


5,000


Canneltor


2,155


2,481


4,000


Carthage


908


943


1,077


2,500


Charlestown


243


2,204


3,090


Columbus


1,004


1,840


3,359


6,500


Columbia City


885


1,663


2,600


Connersville


1,347


2,070


2,496


4,000


Corydon


429


707


747


1,500


Covington


1,164


1,347


1,888


2,370


Crawfordsville


1,429


1,839


3,701


5,400


Danville


338


883


1,040


1,600


Decatur


231


531


858


1,200


Delphi


1,354


1,895


1,614


2,000


Dublin


658


895


1,076


1,800


Edinburgh


1,097


1,799


2,500


Elkhart


1,804


2,760


3,265


5,000


Evansville


.3,156


11,389


21,830


30,000


Franklin City


873


1,710


2,707


3,500


Frankfort


572


764


1,300


2,500


Fort Wayne


4,201


17,718


27,150


Greencastle


1,375


2,092


3,237


4,500


Greenfield


738


1,203


2,300


Greensburgh


769


2,042


3,133


5,000


Gosport


584


860


1,500


Hagerstown


594


638


830


3,000


Goshen


1,500


481


800


Centreville


289


POPULATION.


Cities.


1856.


1860.


1870.


1875.


Hartford


250


878


1,693


Huntington


529


1,662


2,925


4,200


Indianapolis


7,686


18,113


48,244


106,000


Jamestown


603


1,000


Jeffersonville


2,000


4,009


7,254


10,000


Kendallville


2,164


3,500


Kentland.


802


1,500


Knightstown


1,528


2,500


Kokomo


1,038


2,177


5,000


La Fayette


5,997


9,254


13,506


18,000


La Grange


646


1,038


1,875


La Porte


1,782


4,972


6,581


8,000


Lawrenceburg


2,604


3,159


4,300


Lebanon


780


890


1,572


2,500


Lexington


272


337


440


750


Ligonier


1,514


2,500


Liberty


420


567


700


1,000


Logansport


2,199


2,928


8,950


14,000


Mooresville


550


780


1,229


1,800


Martinsville


334


612


1,131


2,000


Mount Vernon


1,111


1,930


2,880


4,800


Marion.


703


1,658


2,500


Middletown


188


364


711


1,000


Madison


7,714


7,883


10,709


13,000


Michigan City


983


3,304


3,985


5,500


Mitchell


1,087


1,500


Mishawakee.


1,410


1,486


2,617


4,000


Milton


755


789


823


1,200


Monticello


885


1,663


2,500


Muncie


662


1,766


2,992


5,000


Newburg


525


999


1,464


2,000


Noblesville.


659


1,090


1,435


2,500


New Castle


666


402


1,556


2,000


North Madison


953


919


1,007


1,500


North Manchester


1,500


North Vernon


778


1,758


2,500


New Harmony


812


836


2,500


New Albany


7,786


12,620


15,395


20,000


Orleans


905


1,500


Patoka


99


40


844


1,500


Princeton


782


1,357


1,847


4,000


Plainfield


250


795


1,050


Plymouth


3,500


Pierceton


293


1,063


1,500


Peru


1,256


2,486


3,617


7,400


Petersburg


386


681


923


1,200


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HISTORY OF INDIANA.


Cities.


1850.


1860.


1870.


1875.


Rising Sun


1,648


1,716


1,760


2,500


Rockville


714


711


1,187


2,000


Ridgeville


716


1,000


Richmond


1,292


6,329


9,445


15,000


Rushville


734


936


1,696


2,500


Rochester


645


1,528


2,000


Rockport


410


834


1,720


2,500


Seymour


930


2,372


3,000


Shelbyville


986


1,946


2,731


3,500


Spencer


335


971


1,500


South Bend


1,634


3,735


7,206


12,000


Sullivan


935


1,396


2,000


Salem


1,153


1,298


1,294


2,000


Thorntown


1,005


1,526


2,000


Tell City


1,030


1,660


2,500


Tipton


197


506


892


1,500


Terre Haute


3,824


8,379


16,103


20,000


Union City


1,849


3,763


5,440


8,000


Valparaiso


520


1,690


2,765


3,500


Versailles


412


495


1,000


Vevay


1,195


1,200


1,600


Wabash


964


1,504


2,881


4,000


Warsaw


304


2,206


4,000


Williamsport


279


520


988


1,500


Winamac


206


906


1,500


Winchester


532


1,456


2,500


Westville


206


608


1,000


West Logan


: - -


987


1,200


Washington


2,901


4,000


Waterloo City


343


1,259


2,500


Worthington


1,500


WEALTH, TAXATION, AND PUBLIC INDEBTEDNESS OF INDIANA


FOR 1870.


Assessed valuation of real estate $ 460,120,974


Assessed valnation of personal estate. 203,334,070


True valuation of real and personal estate. 1,268,180,543


TAXATION.


State


2,943,078


County


4,654,476


Town, city, etc


3,193,577


1,439


2,500


Vincennes


291


WEALTH, TAXATION.


PUBLIC DEBT.


County debt, for which bonds have been issued All other


620,926


506,343


Town, city, etc., for which bonds have issued .. 2,342,067


All other 181,867


CROSSCUP & WEST-PHILA.


MAJOR ELISHA G. ENGLISH. See page 21.


The total receipts into the State Treasury during the fiscal year 1870, were $3,589,889; of which $2,903,579 were from taxes; $360,688 from interest on school and sinking fund;


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$85,900 from liquor licences; $15,626 from college fund; $140,870 from public institutions; $64,667 from militia fund; and $18,549 from other sources. The total disbursements from the State Treasury during the same year, were $3,532,- 537; of which, $36,198 were for the Executive Department; $5,880 were for Legislative expenses; $73,119 for the Judi- ciary; $125,200 for Penitentiary expenses; $62,566 for House of Refuge; $36,055 for Female Prison; $137,155 for Hospital for Insane; $68,042 for Deaf and Dumb Asylum; $35,594 for Soldiers' Home; $1,580,763 for educational purposes and schools; $44,881 for public printing; $1,108,778 for interest and redemption of public debt; $4,428 for military expenses; and $213,344 for repayments, and other purposes.


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WEALTH, TAXATION AND INDEBTEDNESS OF INDIANA IN 1870 BY COUNTIES.


VALUATION.


TAXATION NOT NATIONAL.


PUBLIC DEBT.


estate.


and personal


tion of real


Assessed valua-


personal es-


True valuation


All.


State.


County.


etc.


Town, City,


County.


etc.


Town, City,


The State


$663,455,044|


$1,268,180,543


$10,791,121


$2,943,078


$4,654,466


$3,193,577


$1,127,269


$2,523,934


Adams.


2,761,720


3,761,720


84,615


13,101


55,234


16,280


13,063,500


39,193,500


374,851


58.595


132,893


183,363


45,000


510,000


Bartholomew


9,278,195


12,661,600


125,298


41,259


35,586


48,453


27.500


Benton


3,278,195


8,000,000


50,232


14,273


20,995


14,964


9,000


Blackford


1,392,535


4,250,000


33,315


6,719


16,932


9,664


25,000


8,000


Boone ..


8,311,620


18,000,000


92,744


38,065


22,603


32,106


Brown


1,327,187


2,000,000


29,470


6,712


15,015


7,743


5,000


Carroll


6,954,905


14,000,000


145,170


74,514


41,732


28,924


28,000


Cass


9,659,185


20,000,000


123,584


42,750


42,892


37,942


3,000


65,000


Clarke


9,660,654


20,000,000


179,695


43,270


45,140


91,285


Clay


5,216,579


12,000,000


68,769


21,378


26,082


21,300|


Clinton


6,948,060


15,000,000


138,029


33,925


79,772


24,332


Crawford.


1,641,010


3,000,000


27,212


8,312


16,253


2,647


5,000


Daviess


5,437,525


10,875,050


70,547


24,844


23,171


22,532


8,812,870


13,219,300


145,468


39,097


64,054


42,317


22,000


105,000


Decatur.


6,959,430


11,000,000


117,480


33,925


66,078


17,477


10,001


Delaware


8,163,515


15,000,000


208,443


36,873


55,237


116,333


37,000


2,200


Elkhart


11,285,772


33,857,000


187,756


46,900


66,600


74,256


75,000


37,000


Fayette


7,579,870


12,678,780


80,996


33,137


13,274


34,612


36,250


Floyd


9,836,973


14,755,458


122.233


43,374


72,745


6,118


38,609


40,035


Fountain


6,798,525


10,000,000


144,393|


32,637


69,371


42,385


Franklin


8,220,770


20,000,000


141,831


36,957


64,612


40,262


Fulton


3,106,150


4,659,225


65,613


14,956


23,296


27,361


35,115


Gibson


9,333,167


20,000,000


126,114


41,140


51,351


33,623


Grant


5,644,210


13,110,574


120,321


26,571


59,417


34,333


2,000


Greene.


6,137,205


10,000,000


61,073


11,081


20,756


29,236


2,213


Hamilton


7,576,730


18,000,000


146,185


34,534


70,651


41,000


42,000


Hancock.


6,111,370


10,000,000


71,608


27,608


20,656


23,3461


15,150


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3,052,190


6,000,000


49,543


14,260


18,909


16,374


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De Kalb


3,886,892


11,660,678


83,848


18,731


27,159


37,958


WEALTH, TAXATION AND INDEBTEDNESS.


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WEALTH, TAXATION AND INDEBTEDNESS OF INDIANA IN 1870, BY COUNTIES -- Continued.


VALUATION.


TAXATION NOT NATIONAL.


PUBLIC DEBT.


estate.


and personal


tion of real


Assessed valua-


tate.


personal


of real


All.


State.


County.


etc.


County.


etc.


Town, City,


Harrison.


$4,894.250


$9,000,000


$67,979


$23,334


$25,738


$18,907


$33,500


Hendricks


11,499,172


20,000,000


157,547


50,679


52,412


54,456


38,114


Henry -


10,087,780


20,000,000


196,178


47,473


121,278


27,427


Howard


5,185,975


12,000,000


92,626


24,157


42,095


26,374


Huntington


4,534,545


10,000,000


98,975


21,761


70,522


6,692


74,873


$10,907


Jackson


8,121,218


20,000,000


104,507


35,508


44,865


24,128


3,000


Jasper.


2,361,449


5,000,000


34,584


11,204


12,331


11,049


2,000


Jay


3,360,755


8,000,000


67,500


16,096


29,474


60,003


31,345


42,004


Johnson


9,913,065


15,000,000


183,476


42,601


108,114


32,761


25,000


Knox


8,049,570


10,500,000


129,461


35,985


55,453


38,023


18,300


37,000


Kosciusko


7,517,640


15,000,000


119,500


35,000


43,000


41,500


15,000


La Grange


10,906,975


20,000,000


66,140


23,697


20,195


22,248


1,435


Lake.


2,979,705


8,939,115


45,684


6,311


16,616


22,757


La Porte


10,251,936


20,000,000


163,197


45,253


78,829


39,115


5,000


Lawrence.


7,825,000


12,000,000


103,471


34,700


41,000


27,771


13,000


Madison


8,118,145


16,236,290


98,228


33,284


40,590


24,354


22,504


155,000


Marshall


5,263,010


10,000,000


89,965


26,655


38,330


24,980


2,217,719


4,470,876


36,827


10,781


13,392


12,659|


9,065


Miami


5,356,555


12,000,000


96,897


25,832


44,949


26,116


64,000


48,000


Monroe


6,005,774


6,800,000


102,841


26,550


33,750


42,541


Montgomery


12,563,680


20,000,000


177,473


55,646


87,518


34,309


Morgan.


8,320,400


12,000,000


128,538


36,366


53,532


38,630


30,000


Newton.


4,763,206


7,500,000


114,200


21,200


73,000


20,000


18,000


Noble


5,757,500


17,274,500


79,788


27,203


25,845


26,740


Ohio


1,689,903


2,505,320


34,289


7,839


20,889


5,561


11,110


Orange


4,828,231


10,000,000


60,737


21,950


20,296


18,491


10,000


Owen


5,482,250


8,223,375


76,991


25,143


33,788


18,060


Parke


9,912,150


15,746,300


133,140


43,846


42,563


46,731 |


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41,058,045


75,000,000


699,317


178,374


234,943


286,000


8,973,659


13,000,000


131,618


40,270


Jennings


4,211,591


9,000,000


67,543


19,800


27,569


20,174


HISTORY OF INDIANA.


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VALUATION.


TAXATION NOT NATIONAL.


PUBLIC DEBT.


estate.


and personal


tion of real


Assessed valua-


tate.


personal


of real


All.


State.


County.


etc.


Town, City,


County.


etc.


Town, City,


Perry


$2,323,685


$5,000,000


$60,432


$14,725


$29,847


$15,860


$21,838


3,265,240


5,000,000


64,444


16,278


31,413


16,713


8,000


$2,000


Porter


4,942,965


14,828,895


101,628


24,787


38,992


37,849


30,000


Posey ..


8,005,045


9,451,086


89,998


36,064


26,964


26,970


10,000


Pulaski


1,911,215


2,500,000


36,788


9,667


14,986


12,125


4,515


8,600


Putnam.


12,252.215


16,819,900


153,201


53,958


57,295


41,948


Randolph


8,067,725


13,446,208


120,903


37,418


30,373


53,112


6,000


15,700


Ripley


3,874,075


8,000,000


63,836


15,545


46,169


2,313


9,300


Scott.


1,702,850


3,400,000


24,317


7,136


8.666


8,515


5,000


Shelby


10,773,225


25,709,275


205,278


47,554


148,566


9,158


2,380


12,267


Spencer


5,321,515


12,000,000


97,100


24,400


44,000


28,700


50,000


Starke


943,704


1,200,000


24,150


5,150


11,500


7,500


14,000


Steuben


3,024,846|


9,350,000


60,735


14,636;


22,679


23,420


1,500


St. Joseph


10,496,885


20,000,000


127,046


46,854


38,127


42,029


23,000


75,000


Sullivan ..


5,875,800


8,000,000


72,846


27,592


25,706


, 19,551


3,683,005


10,949,015


66,761


17,183


31,337


18,241


10,000


Tippecanoe


20,857,915


45,000,000


356,901|


91,233


200,003


65,665


2,905,120


4,000,000


54,538


12,613


27,193


14,732


17,500


Vanderburg


13,736,100


30,000,000


452,410


61,052


227,380


163,978


65,000


818,169


Vigo ....


22,000,000


30,000,000


213,977


71,400


85,600


56,977


16,000


100,000


Vermillion


4,795,000


10,000,000


114,621


21,333


79,435


13,853


18,000


Wabash


6,107,575


14,169,092


116,795


38,342


42,122


36,331


Warren


6,410,435


10,000,000


101,539


26,283


35,257


40,000


6,000


Warrick


5,144,975


8,500,000


142,718


23,920


79,444


39,354


5,000


15,000


Wayne.


20,231,500


35,000,000


246,847


86,474


149,608


10,765


32,400


240,000


Wells


2,718,920


6,000,000


81,823


13,340


49,392


19,091


50,000


4,000


Whitley


4,110,290


12,000,000


67,720


19,761


25,431


22,528


49,000


White.


4,251,635


5,341,545


74,506


19,211


33,406


21,889:


12,093|


21.156


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4,555,290


10,665,870


61,542


20,189


20,716


20,637


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7,213,947


15,000,000


37,774


12,401


4 20,668


4,705


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12,286,780


15,000,000


122,257


52,749


20,790


48,718


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HISTORY OF INDIANA.


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FROM 1816 TO 1873.


Years.


Population.


Value of Taxa- bles.


Receipts.


Expenditures.


1816


$10,000.00


1817


17,953.15


$21,428.33


1818


17,485.59


20,047.39


1819


12,412.04


11,869.24


1820


147,187


17,000.17


20,036.24


1821


47,516.67


23,866.14


1822


25,174.45


46,395.17


1824


61,705_89


36,852.09


1826


30,867.10


32,063.50


1827


46,545.88


33,208.19


1828


43,321.08


51,126.31


1829


41,023.60


42,247.93


1830


343,031


65,344.48


41,408.23


1831


115,162.04


105,173.90


1832


97,683.34


110,194.53


1833


122,139.38


136,776.97


1834


106,797.08


121,372.23


1835


107,714_63


103,901.46


1836


120,126.83


126,264.14


1837


98,206.97


98,206.97


1838


195,965.54


172.494.01


1839


$107,037,715


186,653.04


179,658.25


1840


685,866


91,756,018


1,644,158.13


1,684,936.90


1841


95,518,763


451,637.22


421,874.15


1842


109,173,610


1,748,859.98 891,934.17


1,028,592.38


1844


115,590,065


1,844,240.58


1,472,494.14


1845


118,615,197


1,132,413.76 874,461.23


1,053,926.53


1847


124,558,060


794,025_31


955,404.78 979,191.48


1849


133,419,056


872,243.35


1,137,398.25


1850


137,443,565


1,432,442.78


1,513,534.04


1851


210,973,643


984,398.95


1,150,988_66


1852


230,009,189


1,283,064.84


1,061,605.58


1853


266,097,614


1,620,943.74


1,509,305.32


1854


290,418,148


2,094,818.03


1,645,544.95


1855


301,858,474


1,204,683.99


1,700,090_82


1856


306,797,819


1,495,486.99


1,338,976.11


1857


317,932,958


1,774,675.14


1,748,756_69




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