Statistics for occurrence #1 of “William Franklin” in chapter 4 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition.:

...e the prairies of Illinois in the possession of England than Croghan, a deputy Indian Agent, who from personal observation knew their value, urged their immediate colonization. Sir William Johnson; William Franklin , the royalist Governor of New Jersey; several fur-traders of Philadelphia; even Gage himself eagerly took part in a project by which they were to acquire vast estates in the most fertile valley of t...
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William Franklin 370 56 2 2 0 user votes
William Franklin Draper 8 0 0 0 0 user votes
William Franklin Gore Shanks 2 0 0 0 0 user votes

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