Historical Documents and Images

Photo: The 1937 Unemployment Census

Population of the United States – 1790 to 1800

The Census Act of 1790

1850 Census Questionnaire with Henry Clay’s Enumeration

1850 Census Cartoon - “Filling Up the Census Paper”

Remarks by James Madison on the Bill for the 1790 Census

Signatures to the “Declaration of Sentiments”

The North Star Editorial – “The Rights of Women”

Chiricahua Apache Children Upon Arrival at Carlisle Indian School

Excerpt of Congressional Remarks During the Census Debate