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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Report from Albany on March 6 describes heavy emigration traffic through the city, with over 1200 sleighs carrying families from the east passing in three days, enabled by recent snow. Estimates suggest at least 20,000 new inhabitants for western New York counties this winter.
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On Tuesday e'en night our northern world was blessed with a fine snow--which has set every thing in motion--it is estimated that upwards of 1200 sleighs loaded with women, children and furniture, coming from the east, and following the course of the sun, have passed thro' this city within three days, as 200 were counted by a person out of curiosity, from sun to sun, on the 28th ult. besides what passed thro' in the evening. In short, the current of emigration flows incessantly thro' this city--and estimating only an equal number to pass the Hudson, in various quarters, besides the emigration from the Jerseys and Pennsylvania--we may safely pronounce that the western counties of this state will receive an acquisition of at least 20,000 inhabitants during the present winter--and what is remarkable, the states from whence these emigrants principally flow instead of diminishing continue to increase in numbers.--Events so interesting to our immediate prosperity cannot fail to awaken the most unthinking minds--and to enlarge the scale of our calculations accordingly.
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Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Albany
Event Date
March 6
Outcome
western counties of this state will receive an acquisition of at least 20,000 inhabitants during the present winter
Event Details
Snowfall enabled movement of over 1200 sleighs loaded with women, children, and furniture from the east passing through Albany in three days, with 200 counted on February 28; ongoing emigration from east, Jerseys, and Pennsylvania projected to add 20,000 to western counties, with source states increasing in population.