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- Title
The Population of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1639-1736.
- Authors
Lockridge, Kenneth A.
- Abstract
This article discusses the historical demography of Dedham, Massachusetts between the periods of 1636-1736. Situated in the northern part of a vast tract of wilderness granted it by the General Court of the colony, the village grew in area and in population throughout the next hundred years. Though only some nine miles from the commercial activity of Boston, it was an agricultural community from the moment of its foundation until well into the nineteenth century. Growth and agriculture are broad characteristics readily agreed upon by American historians. It can reveal not only the population trends of a single village, but also those of this part of America in general as they compare with what is known of similar trends in Europe. Finally, it can expose the problems, which confront a scholar who seeks to investigate the demography of the early United States. One can only assume that these were balanced by an equal number of marriages involving members of other towns, which took place in Dedham, and these were in fact noted.
- Subjects
DEDHAM (Mass.); MASSACHUSETTS; MASSACHUSETTS state politics &; government; COMMERCIAL policy; ECONOMIC trends; POPULATION
- Publication
Economic History Review, 1966, Vol 19, Issue 2, p318
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2592255