Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Massachusetts” in entry shays-daniel of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...in 1747; was an ensign in Woodbridge's regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill, and became a captain in the Continental army. His place in history was obtained by his leadership of an insurrection in Massachusetts in 1786-87. In other portions of the Union, discontents like those which produced the State of Frankland (q. v. ) caused revolutionary movements. A convention of the people of Maine, sitting i...
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Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) 30,598 2,310 0 0 0 user votes

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