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Notes re Hancock County - early 19th Century
Russell Guerin - Nov. 1999
DeBow's Review
Vol. _I . p. 150: Analysis of finances of plantation with "good" buildings,etc, and 100 slaves, 50 of whom are "average" field hands. Such place, on rich bottom land, will produce seven bales of cotton of 400 lb each, to each hand. At five cents per lb, this comes to $7,000, but costs of runnning plantation would come to about $5,250, for net of only $1,750. This assumes no rent or hire costs.
Comparison of cotton crop	in New Orleans (Hancock
County planters shipped to N.O.) and North Carolina from 1840 to 1849 shows average for N.O. of about one million pounds, versus NC at only 10,000 pounds. High for NO was 1848 at 1,191,000, when NC had only 2,000.
p. 142:	In SC and Georgia, "severe and long drought has
cut short the crop very considerably." (NC too?)
p. 439: Value of public lands sold 1833-40 in Miss, was $10,068,973, compared to La. at $3,240,369. It is noteworthy that Ms sales far outpaced sales in other 11 states in early years (1,531,000 in 1833 compared to next highest, Indiana, at only 693,000; 3,835,000 in 1835 compared to next highest, Illinois, at 2,604,000.) By 1840, Ms had lowest figure, at only 18,000. (All figures at dollar amounts.)
p> 440: Record of lands granted to states; this includes 16th sections, at $1.25 per acre.
Voll. Ill, p.24: Price of cotton coming down; production is exceeding demand. SC producing less than average per field hand. Average said to be 2,000 lb per hand, but SC average only 1200 lb. Some planters averaging less than 1000 lb per field hand.	At	5<fc,	1,000	lb	per	hand yields
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