Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Hist” in chapter 37 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:

...ently deceased without a struggle. He was highly honored and respected through life, and his death occasioned a general lamentation. For a more extended notice of his character, see Pres. Quincy's Hist . of the University. It would seem that his appearance was very dignified, and somewhat more haughty than would be tolerated in these days, since it has been discovered that all men are born free a...
Max. Freq. Min. Freq.
Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
N. E. Hist 432 288 0 0 0 user votes
N. Y. Hist 220 0 0 0 0 user votes
Hist 182 0 2 0 0 user votes
Gayarreas Hist 12 0 0 0 0 user votes
Gayarre Hist 8 0 0 0 0 user votes
Journal Hist 8 0 0 0 0 user votes
R. I. Hist 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Ms Hist 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Gayarree Hist 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Joseph Hist 1 0 1 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.