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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
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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-
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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
. . .. .
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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
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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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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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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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6,000,000
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18,909
16,374
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De Kalb
3,886,892
11,660,678
83,848
18,731
27,159
37,958
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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
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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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Town, City,
21,930
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WEALTH. TAXATION AND INDEBTEDNESS OF INDIANA IN 1870, BY COUNTIES - Continued.
VALUATION.
TAXATION NOT NATIONAL.
PUBLIC DEBT.
estate.
and personal
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Assessed valua-
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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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