Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Massachusetts Bay” in chapter 13, page 297 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition.:

...f American independence; and after vain appeals to the local legislature, repeated his griefs to the Lords of Trade. The Board, in reply, advised dissimulation. The dependence which the colony of Massachusetts Bay ought to have upon the sovereignty of the crown, thus they wrote Pownall, stands on a very precarious foot; and unless some effectual remedy be applied at a proper time, it will be in great danger of...
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