Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Rhode Island” in entry varnum-james-mitchell of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

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Military officer; born in Dracut, Mass., Dec. 17, 1748; graduated at Rhode Island College (now Brown University) in 1769, and became a lawyer in East Greenwich, R. I. In 1784 he was commander of the Kentish Guards, from the ranks of which came General Greene and about thirty other...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) 3,308 738 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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