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.:

...e woods. When the tribe descended to the sea-side, in the season of wild fowl, they were followed by Rasles; and on some islet a little chapel of bark was quickly consecrated. The government of Massachusetts attempted, in turn, to establish a mission; and its minister made a mocking of purgatory and the invocation of saints, of the cross and the rosary. My Christians, retorted Rasles, believe the trut...
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Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) 30,598 162 0 0 0 user votes

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