The census of 1820 was taken for Detroit, its results later communicated by James D. Doty.

The evidence

• “t This is the result of the census of 1820, for the communication of which, together with the greater part of the details I publish respecting modem Detroit, I have to acknowledge my obligations to James D. Dot}', Esq. attorney at law, of that place, and one of the members ©f the late expedition ro the sources of the Mississippi.”

  1821-schoolcraft-narrative-journal/01-new-york-to-detroit.md, PDF p. 63 / book p. 51

  Schoolcraft, Henry R. Narrative Journal of Travels through the Northwestern Regions of the United States, Extending from Detroit through the Great Chain of American Lakes, to the Sources of the Mississippi River, Performed as a Member of the Expedition under Governor Cass, in the Year 1820. Albany: E. & E. Hosford, 1821. Library of Congress copy via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/narrativejournal01scho.

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