Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Rhode Island” in chapter 10 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition.:

...ical conjunction was come when they must be defended or finally lost; and they invited all other colonies to maintain their liberties with spirit, and devise a method of union. The proposition of Rhode Island was received with joy by the assembly of Pennsylvania. The complaints of the English ministry had been specially directed against that opulent and prosperous colony, though it had been ready to mak...
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Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) 3,308 44 0 0 0 user votes
Rhode Island (California, United States) 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Rhode Island (New York, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Rhode Island (Texas, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes

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