1910's Government and Politics | "Composition and Characteristics of the Population for Wards of Cities of 50,000 or More: Lawrence"

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By: Federal Bureau of the Census

Date: 1913–1914

Source: "Composition and Characteristics of the Population for Wards of Cities of 50,000 or More: Lawrence." In Thirteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1910, Federal Bureau of the Census, U.S. Decennial Census Publications: Vol. II, Population 1910. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1913–1914, 893. Available online at http://womhist.binghamton.edu/law/doc7.htm; website home page: http://www.binghamton.edu (accessed January 18, 2003).

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