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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
July
Year
1842
Copyright
Public Domain
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The following tables, prepared by the Washington Correspondent of the New York Evangelist, give a general view of the results of ihe apportionment,with lts relative bearing with the different portions of the union, and the loss and gain ol each state:Whole fraction equal to 4 membcrs, nearly- average faction, 25,737, .or 9,603 less trun a nioiety. Three stateB gain one member each by a fraction. Theold free states lose 18, the new ones gain 11. Entire loss, 7 menibers.Whole fraction not represen ted, equal to 3J ii enibers. Theslave states hnve the advantage of one member in this respect, over the frec States. Average fraction, 18,200, or 17,140 less than half, leraing a difieren ce of 7,537 in favor of the slave states. The old dave

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News