Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Duke William” in chapter 9 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition.:
..., said one, who, after a long settlement in New England, had just returned home, the colonies of America will be independent of Britain; and at least one voice was raised to advise the sending out of Duke William of Cumberland to be their sovereign and emancipating them at once.
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