Globalization of the United States, 1789-1861

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Bromwell, William J. History of Immigration to the United States, Exhibiting the Number, Sex, Age, Occupation, and Country of Birth, of Passengers Arriving in the United States By Sea from Foreign Countries, from September 30, 1819, to December 31, 1855.... New York: Redfield, 1856.

William J. Bromwell. History of Immigration to the United States, Exhibiting the Number, Sex, Age, Occupation, and Country of Birth, of Passengers Arriving in the United States By Sea from Foreign Countries, from September 30, 1819, to December 31, 1855.... New York: Redfield, 1856. Title page.

Bromwell tried to apply the reason of statistics to the 1850s debate over immigration, when nativists thundered against the Irish Catholic immigration in particular.

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To the citizens of the United States the following History of Immigration is respectfully submitted, in the belief that it will prove to them an acceptable offering, since, by the aid of the facts contained therein, they may accurately determine the elements which have contributed to the unexampled growth of the American Republic. As to the question of the good or bad effect resulting to this country from immigration, the author earnestly disclaims the desire to promulgate any opinion which he may entertain; he has, in the compilation of this history, embodied facts only: and, he leaves it to the enlightened understanding of the people of the United States to arrive at just conclusions from the premises therein presented.