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HISTORY OF JOURNALISM

APPENDIX—NOTE F

STATISTICS OF THE DAILY AND WEEKLY NEWS

Free States Daily Weekly Slave States Daily Weekly
California .. ... Alabama 3 25
Connecticut 2 31 Arkansas .. 9
Indiana .. 73 Delaware .. 9
Illinois 3 40 Florida .. 10
Iowa .. 4 Georgia 5 29
Maine 3 33 Kentucky 5 33
Massachusetts 10 18 Louisiana 11 23
Michigan 6 26 Maryland 7 35
New Hampshire .. 27 Mississippi 2 29
New Jersey 4 32 Missouri 6 29
New York 34 211 North Carolina .. 27
Ohio 9 114 South Carolina 3 14
Pennsylvania 12 175 Tennessee 2 44
Rhode Island 2 14 Texas .. ...
Vermont 2 28 Virginia 4 47
Wisconsin .. 6
Total 87 895 48 360

The following table shows that in 1850 the north was rapidly outstripping the south in newspapers, periodicals and circulation:

Free States Number Copies printed annually
California 7 761,200
Connecticut 46 4,267,932
Illinois 107 5,102,276
Indiana 107 4,316,828
Iowa 29 1,512,800
Maine 49 4,203,064
Massachusetts 202 64,820,564
Michigan 58 3,247,736
New Hampshire 38 3,067,552
New Jersey 51 4,098,678
New York 428 115,385,473
Ohio 261 30,473,407
Pennsylvania 309 84,898,672
Rhode Island 19 2,756,950
Vermont 35 2,567,662
Wisconsin 46 2,665,487
Total 1,792 334,146,281