Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Amherst” in chapter 7, page 127 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition.:

... Amherst
with a detachment of two hundred and sixty men. They had entered the river in the evening, and came up under cover of the night, ...
Max. Freq. Min. Freq.
Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
J. Amherst 20 20 0 0 0 user votes
Jeffrey Amherst 94 0 4 0 0 user votes
Amherst 76 0 2 0 0 user votes
Jeffery Amherst 35 35 11 11 0 user votes
Sir Jeffrey Amherst 9 0 1 0 0 user votes
D. D. Amherst 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Signed Jefferson Amherst 4 4 0 0 0 user votes
Nelson Amherst 2 0 0 0 0 user votes

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