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STATISTICAL TABLES.

Lands appropriated by General Government for Educational Purposes to January 1, 1854.

Slave States. Acres for Schools. Acres for Universities.
Missouri 1,199,139 23,040
Alabama 902,774 23,040
Mississippi 837,584 23,040
Louisiana 786,044 46,080
Arkansas 886,460 46,080
Florida 908,503 46,080
Tennessee 3,553,824[1] — — — —
————— —————
Total 9,074,328 207,360

Free States. Acres for Schools. Acres for Universites.

Ohio 704,488 23,040
Indiana 650,317 23,040
Illinois 978,755 23,040
Michigan 1,067,397 46,080
Iowa 905, 144 46,080
Wisconsin 958,648 46,080
California 6,719,324 46,080
————— —————
Total 11,984,073 253,440

Newspaper and Periodical Press.

Aggregate number of copies printed annually in Slave States 92,165,919
Aggregate number of copies printed annually in Free States 334,146,081

Libraries.

Libraries. Volumes.
Libraries other than Private in Slave States 722 742,794
Libraries other than Private in Free States 14,902 3,882,217

These Libraries include Public, School, Sunday School, College and Church.


  1. Forty thousand dollars of proceeds to be applied to establish and support a College.