Statistics for occurrence #1 of “New England” in chapter 6 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition.:

...try, perhaps fifty thousand dwelt in New Hampshire, two hundred and seven thousand in Massachusetts, thirty-five thousand in Rhode Island, and one hundred and thirty-three thousand in Connecticut; in New England , therefore, four hundred and twenty-five thousand souls. Of the Middle Colonies, New York may have had eighty-five thousand; New Jersey, seventy-three thou sand; Pennsylvania, with Delaware, one h...
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New England (United States) 12,382 120 0 0 0 user votes
New England (Georgia, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
New England (New Mexico, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
New England (Ohio, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
New England (Ohio, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
New England (Ohio, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
New England (Pennsylvania, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
New England (Pennsylvania, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
New England (West Virginia, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes

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