TOWN AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 351 Thomas Allin to take the Census of Bariington ; Of the salt belonging to the Colony, 25 bushels were apportioned to Barrington. In June Philip Traffern of Barrington was appointed a lieutenant in the First Regiment. In September the Assem- bly voted to allow Barrington to erect a hospital for the inoc- ulation of the small pox in accordance with the Act passed in June. This hospital was erected on Rumstick Point, on the farm of Nathaniel Smith. September 7th the apportionment of salt to Barrington from the State supply was seventy-seven and three-eighths bushels. The population of the town was declared to be 538. Thomas Allin was allowed by the Assembly £2^, i is., for iron work on field carriages, and also jCy, 4s., " for his services as captain of minute men, and of those under him on Prudence Island." At the October ses- sion of the General Assembly, Mr. Moses Tyler was the Bar- rington deputy, and Nathaniel Martin was elected Colonel of the Bristol County Regiment. Viall Allin was made lieuten- ant in Capt. Moses Turner's Company. Philip Traffern was chosen first lieutenant in Col. Stanton's Regiment. In December, 1776, Viall Allin was promoted to the Captaincy of the Barrington Company of militia, vice Thomas Allin, promoted ; Daniel Kinnicutt was promoted from ensign to lieutenant, and James Martin was chosen as ensign, vice Kinnicutt. 1777. The state valuation of Barrington was £22, ^y$. Warren,
- £20,ooo ; Bristol, ;!{^5o,ooo. Simeon Potter of Bristol pro-
tested that "owing to the present distressed situation of Bristol," "the said town is not able at present to pay so large a tax as either Warren or Barrington." In March the As- sembly appointed Mr. Henry Bowen " to number all persons able to bear arms in Barrington." John Kelly was allowed £1$, 9s., 4d., "for the ferriages of a number of soldiers and their baggage and a number of horses." Paul Mumford, a distinguished citizen of Newport, and a
