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

...ut himself. During this controversy a Commission composed of Admiral Montagu, the Vice-Admiralty Judge at Boston, the Chief Justices of Massachusetts, New-York and New Jersey, and the Governor of Rhode Island , met at Newport to inquire into the affair of the Gaspee. Deputy Governor Sessions and Stephen Hopkins, formerly Governor, now Chief Justice, were the two pillars on which Rhode Island Liberty de...
Max. Freq. Min. Freq.
Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) 3,308 46 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

† This entity has been selected by the automated classifier as the most likely match in this context. It may or may not be the correct match.