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 300 THE HISTORY OF BAREINGTON. the Banks of the River are so very flat that it is Very Diffi- cult Passing at all Times But just at High water in the Sum- mer Season and In the Winter Season the Current Running Rapid in the Middle and at the Sides Being Still water The Ice freezeth on the Sides of the River While the Middle Be- ing Left open makes it almost at that Season Which with many other Inconveniences Render our Present Circum- stances Truly Deplorable. We therefore Most Earnestly Desire that this Honorable House would take Our Present unhappy Circumstances into their Wise Consideration and Set us off to Warren as We Were Before as there is a narrow and conveanent ferry to Pass that way Where the People are of the same Denomination in Religion as we are and we Therefore the more Cheerfully Expect our Prayer To be Granted When we Recollect that the People of Phebes Neck Promised When this Honorable House Was Passed to Incor- porate us with Barrington that they were free and Willing We might be Set off to Warren Whenever We Petitioned therefor and your Petitioners Ever Pray. Barrington April ye loth 1771. •' John Kelley, Ebenezer Garnsey, James Bowen, John Martin, Benj. Drown, Jr., Joseph Grant, Jr., Samuel Kent, Joseph Grant, Shubael Grant, Thomas Grant, Benj. Drown, John Short, Ebenezer Martin, Moses Horton, Spicer Hewes, Jeremiah Bowen, Simeon Horton, Benj. Horton." After hearing both parties, the Assembly gave the peti- tioners leave to withdraw, and henceforth they and their descendants have been among the most loyal and faithful citizens of Barringrton.