Pl. 29 Antique Chart of the US Illiteracy in 1870, '1874'

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Pl. 29 Antique Chart of the US Illiteracy in 1870, '1874'

Name: Pl. 29 Antique Chart of the US Illiteracy in 1870, '1874'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11875-16
Price: 505 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1870
Kind: Maps
Size: 55 × 41 cm (21.7 × 16.1 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning, minor wear. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Reference: BG-11875-16

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Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
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About this piece

Illiteracy in the United States in 1870, an original color lithograph (Plate XXIX) from the Statistical Atlas of the United States based on the results of the ninth census 1870, compiled by Francis A. Walker and published in 1874. The title reads "Map showing the illiteracy of the aggregate population", compiled from the returns of population at the ninth census.

The map covers the United States east of the 100th meridian, from the Atlantic coast to the Indian Territory, with the Great Lakes, Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas outlined. Counties are shaded in gray tones graded by a scale at the right, and small figures are printed across the counties; the darkest tints fall across the southern states, and blue lines mark the limit of the area covered. A note beneath the title explains the method of the shading.

The returns of the ninth census, the first to be taken after the Civil War, are the source of these figures.

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