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.:

... should be burned, freedom itself would rise again from their ashes in forms more beautiful than before. But at that time the bill for abrogating them was dropped; and when, in 1726, the charter of Massachusetts was explained, it was done, not by parliament, but by the act of the king, and the change was held to require the assent of the colony. Nor was liberty only curtailed; after a long strife, the terr...
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Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) 30,598 162 0 0 0 user votes

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