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 360 THE HISTORY OF BAERINGTON. hospital at Philadelphia in May, 1782. In 1788 Mr. Bishop was allowed ;^I38 as pension then due. In 1786 Messrs. Josiah Humphrey and Samuel Allen rep- resented the town in the Assembly. Paul Mumford was chosen chief justice of the Suprem.e Court and Elkanah Humphrey Justice of the Court of Com- mon Pleas. Thomas AUin was chosen lieutenant colonel commandant of the Bristol County Regiment. In 1787 Messrs. Viall Allen and Joshua Bicknell were chosen as representatives to the General Assembly. Paul Mumford was chosen chief justice of Supreme Court and Elkanah Humphrey justice of Common Pleas. In October the Assembly voted that ten copies of the proposed new Constitution of the United States be sent to the town clerk of Barrington, " to be distributed among the inhabitants that the freemen may have an opportunity of forming their sentiments of the proposed Constitution." In March, 1788, the votes of the towns on the acceptance of the new Constitution of the United States were reported to the Assembly. Barrington vote was 9 in favor and 34 against. Providence voted o yeas, i no ; Bristol, 26 yeas, 23 nays ; Warren, 2 yeas, 41 nays ; Newport, i yea, 10 nays. The state vote was 237 yeas and 2,708 nays. In 1788 Messrs. Samuel Allen and Matthew Allin repre- sented the town in the Assembly and Elkanah Humphrey was chosen a justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Bristol. Comfort Bishop was allowed ;!^I34, pension money. In 1789 Comfort Bishop was allowed ;!{^24 and ;!^48, pen- sion money. Messrs. Samuel Allen and Joshua Bicknell were elected to the Assembly. Elkanah Humphrey was continued as Court Justice. In 1790 Messrs. Joshua Bicknell and Josiah Humphrey, Jr., were elected to the Assembly. Samuel Allen was chosen chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas of Bristol County, and Elkanah Humphrey second justice of the Senior Court.