Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Massachusetts” in entry massachusetts of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...er of government. It was similar to the Virginia charter (see colony of Virginia), and erected the patentees and their associates into a corporation by the name of the Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay, in New England. The affairs of the company and the colony were to be managed by a governor, deputy-gov- ernor, and eighteen assistants, or magistrates, the latter to hold monthly courts. ...
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Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) 30,598 2,310 0 0 0 user votes

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