Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Rhode Island” in chapter 8 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10:

...n majesty, they hoped protection from his power and magnanimity. There were those in congress who would not place their country under protection; but the word was retained by eight states against Rhode Island and Maryland. Samuel Adams and Lovell, of Massachusetts, voted for it, but were balanced by Gerry and Holten; Sherman, of Connecticut, opposed it, but his vote was neutralized by that of Ellsworth....
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) 3,308 50 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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