Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Rhode Island” in chapter 22, page 355 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8:

...dson, and even to Canada; leaving power in the hands of the timid who remained at home. The despondency and hesitation of the assembly of Pennsylvania was in marked contrast with the fortitude of Rhode Island , whose general assembly, on the fourth day of May, passed an act discharging the inhabitants of that colony from allegiance to the king
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† Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) 3,308 34 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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