Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Bedford” in chapter 7 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition.:

...blance of perfect trust; showing him all Chatham's letters, and giving him leave to treat with his own old associates, though Grafton desired to effect through Gower a junction with the friends of Bedford . But Rockingham, who never opened his eyes to the light that was springing from the increased intelligence of the masses, and left out of view that all his glory as a statesman had come from hi...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Bedford 197 34 29 0 0 user votes
Gunning Bedford 8 0 2 0 0 user votes
G. S. Bedford 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
H. L. Bedford 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
P. B. Bedford 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
H. S. Bedford 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
A. W. Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Anna Maria Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Botetourt Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. O. Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Nathan Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
S. Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Thomas Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
W. Bedford 2 0 2 0 0 user votes
W. A. Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
A. M. Bedford 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Peter Bedford 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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