Remarks.

RATIFICATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION BY THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES, THEIR POPULATION AND AREA.

Seceded Jan. 19, 1861. Readmitted to representation
by the act of July 15, 1870.

Seceded Dec. 20, 1860. Readmitted to representation upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July 9, 1868.

The area of Virginia at the date of ratification was 61,352
square miles, but Dec. 31, 1862, a portion of its terri-
tory was set off and admitted into the Union as a free
and independent State under the name of West Vir-
ginia. The State seceded Apr. 17, 1861, and was read-
mitted to representation by act of Jan. 26, 1870.
Seceded May 21, 1861. Readmitted to representation
upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July
4, 1868.

New York.

July 26, 1788

North Carolina,

Nov. 21, 1789

340, 120 393, 751

9,113,614 2,206, 287

10,385, 227 2,559, 123

Rhode Island..

May 29, 1790

68,825

542,610

604, 397

1,250