Excerpt from Abstract of the Census of Massachusetts, 1865: With Remarks on the Same, and Supplementary Tables The whole work has been under the direction and supervision of Dr. Edward strong, who has given to the preparation of the Report the benefit of his long experience in the compilation and arrangement of the vital and mortuary statistics of the Common wealth. Special acknowledgments are due to Hon. Elizur wright, and Dr. Edward jarvis, for valu able suggestions; also, to the latter, for Table VIII, prepared with much labor, and furnished by him for this Report. It remains only to say that much care and labor have been expended in the preparation of the present document, and to express the hope that it may prove in judiciousness' of design and accuracy of execution, adapted to the public requirements, and to the pur poses of those specially interested in statistical investigation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.