Hamburg fire, May 5-7, 1842: 35,000,000

Taking into account, with the fires of Paris and Chicago, the great
Wisconsin and Michigan forest fires of 1871, in which it is estimated
that 1,000 human beings perished and property to the amount of
over $3,000,000 was consumed, it is plain that in the annals of
conflagrations that year stands forth in gloomy pre-eminence.

WEALTH OF THE UNITED STATES PER CAPITA.--The following statistics
represent the amount of taxable property, real and personal, in each
State and Territory, and also the amount per capita:

State: Total; Per capita.
Maine: $235,978,716; $362.09
New Hampshire: 164,755,181; 474.81
Vermont: 86,806,755; 261.24
Massachusetts: 1,584,756,802; 888.77
Rhode Island: 252,536,673; 913.23
Connecticut: 327,177,385; 525.41
New Jersey: 572,518,361; 506.06
New York: 2,651,940,000; 521.74
Pennsylvania: 1,683,459,016; 393.08
Delaware: 59,951,643; 408.92
Maryland: 497,307,675; 533.07
District of Columbia: 99,401,787; 845.08
Virginia: 308,455,135; 203.92
West Virginia: 139,622,705; 225.75
North Carolina: 156,100,202; 111.52
South Carolina: 153,560,135; 154.24
Georgia: 239,472,599; 155.82
Florida: 30,938,309; 114.80
Alabama: 122,867,228; 97.32
Mississippi: 110,628,129; 97.76
Louisiana: 100,162,439; 170.39
Texas: 320,364,515; 201.26
Arkansas: 80,409,364; 176.71
Kentucky: 350,563,971; 212.63
Tennessee: 211,778,538; 137.30
Ohio: 1,534,360,508; 479.77
Indiana: 727,815,131; 367.89
Illinois: 786,616,394; 255.24
Michigan: 517,666,359; 316.23
Wisconsin: 438,971,751; 333.69
Iowa: 398,671,251; 245.39
Minnesota: 258,028,687; 330.48
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