Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Massachusetts” in chapter 12 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:

...seven miles from the College in Cambridge. It is proper to add, that I have never seen any contemporary authority for this extraordinary statement. Col. Shute, the newly appointed Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, arrived in Boston, Oct. 4, 1716, and on the 15th day of the same month commenced a journey to New Hampshire. Instead of crossing the ferry to Charlestown, he passed out of Boston...
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Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) 30,598 130 0 0 0 user votes

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