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- LessonHow to read an 1850 census pageThe first census that names everyone.
- Census guideThe 1850 U.S. CensusThe 1850 census, dated June 1, 1850, is the first to list every free person in a household by name, with age, sex, and place of birth.
- HandwritingCensus enumerator hands, 1850 to 18801850-1880
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CensusAAgricultural schedule1850 to 1880 farm-by-farm form of land, stock and cropsCensusBBlindCensus disability entry: unable to seeCensusDDeaf and dumbCensus disability entry: unable to hear or speakAbbreviationsMMMulatto (census color code)CensusMManufactures scheduleCensus form for each mill or workshop and its ownerCensusMMarried within the yearCensus mark: married in the past twelve monthsCensusMMortality schedule1850 to 1880 list of deaths in the past yearCensusMMulattoCensus race label: mixed African and European ancestryCensusSSlave schedule1850 and 1860 form counting enslaved people by owner