Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Massachusetts” in chapter 8 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition.:

...em adopted in the ministry of Bute, and was sure of the support of Charles Townshend. Knox, the agent of Georgia, stood ready to defend the stamp act, as least liable to objection. The agent of Massachusetts , through his brother, Israel Mauduit, who had Jenkinson for his fast friend and often saw Grenville, favored raising the wanted money in that way, because it would occasion less expense of officers, ...
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Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) 30,598 110 0 0 0 user votes

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