Tricking the Tallyman: The great Census Shenanigans of 1790
"In 1790, brave men set out to take the count for the first American census. Most knew it would be a daunting task, fraught with peril. But who could've guessed it would also be ... so wacky?"
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Mutton Chops A large cut of meat from an adult sheep. | Ordinary An old English term for an inn. | Ledger A book in which to record information as part of a continuing count. |
Mutton Chops
A large cut of meat from an adult sheep.
Ordinary
An old English term for an inn.
Ledger
A book in which to record information as part of a continuing count.
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Frumenty Frumenty is an old-fashioned dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and mixed with cinnamon and sugar. | Conscription Conscription is required enrollment in military service. It is also called the Draft. | Conscription A poster encouraging men to sign up for the military. |
Frumenty
Frumenty is an old-fashioned dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and mixed with cinnamon and sugar.
Conscription
Conscription is required enrollment in military service. It is also called the Draft.
Conscription
A poster encouraging men to sign up for the military.
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Census Taker A worker who helps with the official count of the people who live in a country or other area. | Census Taker Taking the census in rural Alaska. | Census Taker Taking the census in Nashville, Tennessee. |
Census Taker
A worker who helps with the official count of the people who live in a country or other area.
Census Taker
Taking the census in rural Alaska.
Census Taker
Taking the census in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Census Taker Taking the census of a Navajo family. | Census Taker A census taker interviewing the mother of 10 children. | Census Taker Taking the census in the 1930s. |
Census Taker
Taking the census of a Navajo family.
Census Taker
A census taker interviewing the mother of 10 children.
Census Taker
Taking the census in the 1930s.
