Statistics for occurrence #1 of “United States” in alphabetic letter M, entry group 6, entry merchant-marine of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

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At the close of the War of 1812, the United States was noted throughout the world for the excellence of its sailing-vessels. As the use of steamships increased, however, this supremacy was lost, and in 1870, when iron and steel vessels began to be ...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
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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