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and citizens had anticipated. Its location is one of great beauty of scenery, at the mouth of an important river, but its commercial relations with the surrounding country are in a great degree dependent upon the improvement of the navigation of that river. Should that important work ever be accomplished we may expect to find Green Bay to hold its rank as one among the [im] principal towns or cities of Wisconsin. Its population was estimated in 1839 by the newspaper writers of that day at about two thousand; according to the census taken in 1842 it numbered seven hundred and sixty two, of which two hundred and seventy nine were in the south ward or astor. There are many good buildings, spacious warehouses, excellent hotels, and fine churches at Green Bay, and the country immediately around presents many fine farms, gardens, and residences; but