1870 United States Federal Census

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1870 United States Federal Census

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Arizona Territory	Louisiana	Ohio
Arkansas	Maine	Oregon
California	Maryland	Pennsylvania
Colorado Territory	Massachusetts	Rhode Island
Connecticut	Michigan	South Carolina
Dakota Territory	Minnesota	Tennessee
Delaware	Mississippi	Texas
District of Columbia	Missouri	Utah Territory
Florida	Montana Territory	Vermont
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Idaho Territory	Nevada	Washington Territory
Illinois	New Hampshire	West Virginia
Indiana	New Jersey	Wisconsin
Iowa	New Mexico Territory	Wyoming Territory
Kansas	New York

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