Statistics for occurrence #1 of “B. Franklin” in chapter 26 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition.:

... B. Franklin
Virginia Consolidates Union. on the sixth of January, the day on which the Legislature of Massachusetts assembled...
Max. Freq. Min. Freq.
Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
W. B. Franklin 1,080 0 18 0 0 user votes
William B. Franklin 1,056 0 30 0 0 user votes
B. Franklin 172 104 0 0 0 user votes
L. B. Franklin 16 0 0 0 0 user votes
B. B. Franklin 10 0 0 0 0 user votes
T. B. Franklin 5 0 1 0 0 user votes
O. B. Franklin 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
D. B. Franklin 2 0 0 0 0 user votes

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