Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Halifax” in chapter 10 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition.:

...re still more zealous to restrain and circumscribe the republican spirit of New England. In September, letters were received in New-York, announcing that the king in council had, at the instance of Halifax , dismembered New Hampshire, and annexed to New-York the country north of Massachusetts and west of Connecticut river. The decision was declaratory of the boundary; and it was therefore held by the...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Halifax (Canada) 1,488 44 54 0 0 user votes
Halifax (Massachusetts, United States) 252 14 0 0 0 user votes
Halifax (United Kingdom) 127 22 3 0 0 user votes
Halifax (Georgia, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Halifax (Kentucky, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Halifax (Missouri, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Halifax (Nevada, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Halifax (Pennsylvania, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Halifax (Queensland, Australia) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Halifax (Vermont, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes

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