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Title: Dakota Territory. Secretary, Census
Dates: 1974, 1885-1886
Record Series: 30110
Quantity: .25 feet
Abstract: Includes census returns by county for 1874 and correspondence and vouchers for the census of 1885.
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Related Collection:
30111 Census Schedules 1885
Box / Folder Inventory
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11 Returns by County 1874. Brookings, Burleigh, Clay, Hutchinson, Lake, Moody, Turner counties and city of Sioux Falls. Includes number of males over 21, females over 21 males between 5 and 21, females between 5 and 21, males under 5, females under 5
12 Vouchers for the North Dakota census 1885. Primarily requests from enumerators for payment for services listing county and enumeration district, enumerator’s name, # of inhabitants, # of farm statements, # of manufacturers statements, # of deaths, and amount requested.
13 Correspondence 1885-1886. Letters to the Governor from the Superintendents of the South Dakota and North Dakota census dealing with organization of the 1885 census (printing of blanks, hiring enumerators, instructions to enumerators), problems, and payment of enumerators.
14 Payments to enumerators and payroll clerks n.d.
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