A section of the Essex County, MA, 1810 census shows residents of Salem in columns marked "Free White Females," "Free White Males," and "Colored People." NARA ID 205601220.
Instagram Post Leads to Recovery of 1810 Census Rolls
Records are reunited after 221 years!
Thanks to an Instagram post, long missing and presumed lost 1810 census records from Massachusetts have been reunited with the larger collection at the National Archives in DC, after a 221-year delay.
It all started in February when Jack Kabrel, archives specialist at the National Archives at Boston, saw this interesting post (below) from the Peabody Essex Museum Library.
Read the full story by Victoria Macchi in National Archives News!











