Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Massachusetts” in chapter 5 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition.:

...iculty. The treaty of Utrecht surrendered to England Acadia and Nova Scotia, with its ancient boundaries. Disputes were to arise respecting them; but even the eastern frontier of the province of Massachusetts was not vindicated without a contest. To the country between the Kennebec and the St. Croix a new claimant appeared in the Abenakis themselves. In 1716, the general court extended its jurisdictio...
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Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) 30,598 162 0 0 0 user votes

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