Population of the Principal Cities and Towns of the State.

Population of Philadelphia City and County since the Foundation, estimated and returned.

[The census of 1777 was taken by order of Sir William Howe, when the British ariny was in possession of the city. At that time many Whigs and patriots were absent, and it is estimated that the population in the same year before the entry of the British was about 30,000.

Length of the Sessions of the Legislature, 1776 to 1877.

UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1776.

I-1. November 28, 1776-September 18, 1777.

2. September 25, 1777-October

27, 1777-April

13, 1777.

21, 1778.

13, 1778-September 11, 1778.
26, 1778-December 5, 1778.
1, 1779-October

10, 1779.

25, 1779-March

25, 1780.

10, 1780-September 23, 1780.

V-1. October

23, 1780-April

10, 1781.

2. May

26, 1781.

2, 1781.

24, 1781-June

3. September 4. 1781-October

VI-1. October 22, 1781-December 28, 1781.

2. February 11, 1782-April

3. August

16, 1782. 1, 1782-September 20, 1782.

VII-1. October 28, 1782-December 4, 1782.

2. January
3. August

VIII-1. October

2. January
3. July

IX-1. October
2. February
3. August

X-1. October
2. February
3. August

XI-1. October

15, 1783-March

22. 1783.
14, 1782-September 26, 1783.
27, 1783-December 9, 1783.
13, 1784-April
1, 1784.

20, 1784-September 2, 1784.
25, 1784-December 24, 1784.
1, 1785 April
8, 1785.

23, 1785-September 23, 1785.
24, 1785-December 22, 1785.
25, 1786-April

8. 1786.

22, 1786-September 27, 7:6.
25, 1786-December 30, 1786.
29. 1787.

2. February 20, 1787-March

3. September 4, 1787-September 29, 1787. XII-1. October 22, 1787-November 29, 1787.

2. February 19, 1788-March

3. September 2, 1788-October

29, 1788.

4, 1788.

XIII-1. October 27, 1788-November 22, 1788.

2. February 3, 1789-March
3. August

XIV-1. October

2. February
3. August

XVIII-December 3, 1793-April

22, 1794.

*September 1, 1794-September 23, 1794.

XIX-December 2, 1794-April
XX-December 3, 1795-April
XXI-December 6, 1796-April

*August 28, 1797-August
XXII-December 5, 1797-April
XXIII-December 4, 1798-April
XXIV-December 3, 1799-March

*November 5, 180-December
XXV-December - 1800-February
XX VI-December 1, 1801-April
XXVII-December 7. 1802-April
XXVIII-December 6, 1803-April
XXIX-December 4, 1804-April
XXX-December 3, 1805-March
XXXI-December 2, 1806-April
XXXII-December 1, 1807-March
XXXIII-December 6, 1808-April
XXXIV-December 5, 1809-March
XXXV-December 4, 1810-April
XXXVI-December 3, 1811-March
XXXVII-December 1, 18:2-March
XXXVIII-December 7, 1813-March
XXXIX-December 6, 1814-March
XL-December 5, 1815--March
XLI-December 3, 1816-March
XLII-December 2, 1817- March

20, 1795.

4, 1796.

5, 1797. 29, 1797. 5, 1798. 11, 1799. 17, 1800.

1800. 27, 1801.

6, 1802.

4, 1803.

3, 1804.

4, 1805.

31, 1806.

13, 1807.

28, 1808.

4, 1809.

20, 1810.

2, 1811. 31, 1812.

29. 1813. 28, 18:4. 13, 1815.

19, 1816.

25, 1817.

24, 1818.

XLIII-December 1, 1818-March

30, 1819.

XLIV-December 7, 1819 - March

28, 1820.

3, 1821.

2, 1822.

1, 1823.

30, 1824.

XLV-December 5, 1820-April
XLVI-December 4, 1821--April
XLVII-December 3, 1822-April
XLVIII-December 2, 1823-March
XLIX-December 7, 1824-March

L-December 6, 1825-April
LI-December 5, 1826-April
LII-December 4, 1827-April
LIII-December 2, 1828-April

*November 3, 1829-December
LIV-December 1, 1829--April
LV-December 7, 1830-April
LVI-December 7, 1831-April
LVII-December 4, 1832-April
LVIII- December 3, 1833-April
LVIX-December 2, 1834-April
LX-December 1, 1835-June
LXI-December 6, 1836--April
LXII-December 5, 1837-April