Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Besse” in chapter 6, page 370 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition.:

... Besse
manners, and so skilled in the use of the sword, that he easily disarmed an antagonist, of great natural vivacity, and gay good h...
Max. Freq. Min. Freq.
Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Besse 26 14 0 0 0 user votes
Christopher C. Besse 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
A. B. Besse 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
A. P. Besse 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Joseph Besse 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Henry J. Besse 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
L. Besse 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
W. H. Besse 2 0 0 0 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.