Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Joseph Brown” in chapter 24 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition.:

... near shore; the Gaspee confidently followed; and drawing more water ran aground on Nauquit, a little below Pantuxet. The following night a party of men in six or seven boats, led by John Brown and Joseph Brown of Providence, and Simeon Potter of Bristol, boarded the stranded schooner, after a scuffle in which Dudingston was wounded, took and landed its crew, and then set it on fire. The whole was conducte...
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Joseph Brown 63 2 7 0 0 user votes
Joseph Brown Ladd 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Joseph Browne 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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