Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Rhode Island” in article 4 of The Daily Dispatch: April 6, 1861., [Electronic resource]:

.... S. Ferry, of Conn., and Christopher Robinson and Wm. D. Brayton, of R. I. They are superseded by English and Geo. C. Woodruff, Democrats, of Connecticut, and Sheffield and Browne, Conservatives, of Rhode Island . A Conservative gain of four out of six members elected.
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Max. Freq. Min. Freq.
Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) 3,308 2 0 0 0 user votes
Rhode Island (California, United States) 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Rhode Island (New York, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Rhode Island (Texas, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes

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