Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Ireland” in entry cables-ocean of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...e transmission of messages, a competing company was formed by James Gordon Bennett and John W. Mackay. This laid in 1884-85 two lines from Ireland to Nova Scotia, having also a connecting line from Ireland to France. In 1900 plans were perfected for a Pacific cable, to extend from San Francisco to Honolulu, thence to Wake Island, Guam Island, and Manila, all United States possessions.
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Max. Freq. Min. Freq.
Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Ireland (Irish Republic) 320 0 0 0 0 user votes
Ireland (Indiana, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Ireland (Mississippi, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Ireland (Missouri, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Ireland (New Hampshire, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Ireland (Ohio, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Ireland (Texas, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Ireland (Washington, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Ireland (West Virginia, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes

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