Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Phips” in chapter 12 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:
...o have been rid of wild beasts.
The Boston News Letter of September 19, contained this paragraph.
On Tuesday last, a Bear, that had wandered down to Cambridge, was discovered on Lieut. Govr. Phips ' farm, and being closely pursued took to Charles River; whereupon several boats put off from Charlestown, and one from the west part of this town, which last shot and entered two bullets into him; ...
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| Entity | Corpus | Doc | Corpus | Doc | |||
| † | Spencer Phips | 63 | 58 | 7 | 6 | 0 user votes | |
| David Phips | 36 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 user votes | ||
| William Phips | 17 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 user votes | ||
| Phips | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Betty Phips | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Samuel Phips | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Sir William Phips | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 user votes | ||
† This entity has been selected by the automated classifier as the most likely match in this context. It may or may not be the correct match.