Statistics for occurrence #1 of “United States” in entry acquisition-of-territory of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

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The original territory of the United States as acknowledged by the treaty with Great Britain, in 1783, consisted of the following thirteen States: New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York...
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United States (United States) 100,886 16,340 0 0 0 user votes
United States (New Mexico, United States) 6 0 0 0 0 user votes

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