Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Bedford” in chapter 3, page 23 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition.:

...themselves. The Administration of Rockingham brought Cumberland into the Cabinet; took their law from Mansfield; restored Lord George Germain to public life; and would willingly have coalesced with Bedford . Yet a spirit of humanity ruled their intentions and pervaded their measures; while their most pernicious errors sprung from their attempt at a compromise with the principles of their predecessors....
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Bedford 197 34 29 0 0 user votes
Gunning Bedford 8 0 2 0 0 user votes
G. S. Bedford 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
H. L. Bedford 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
P. B. Bedford 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
H. S. Bedford 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
A. W. Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Anna Maria Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Botetourt Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. O. Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Nathan Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
S. Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Thomas Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
W. Bedford 2 0 2 0 0 user votes
W. A. Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
A. M. Bedford 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Peter Bedford 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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