• Second company---Reuben Wightman, captain; Squire Milward, lieutenant; James Jarauld, ensign.
• Third company---Thomas Rice, son of Thomas, captain; Anthony Holden, son of Charles, lieutenant; Stukely Stafford, Jr. Ensign.

• Second company---John Gavet, captain; Stephen Saunders, Jr., lieutenant; William Bliven, ensign.

• Second company; Thomas Cole, captain; Charles Dyre, lieutenant; William Taylor, ensign.
• Third company; Thomas Bissell, Jr., captain; Timothy Deane, lieutenant; Robert Potter, ensign.

• Second company---Abial Brown, captain; James Parker, lieutenant; Barber Peckham, ensign.

• Second company---Allen Johnston, captain; Michael Spencer, lieutenant; Stephen Greene, ensign.

• [No second company listed]
• Third company---Stephen Kimball, captain; Joseph Davis, lieutenant; James Williams, ensign.
• Fourth company---Jeremiah Davis, captain; Isaac Hopkins, lieutenant; Oziel Smith, ensign.
• Fifth company---Samuel Wilbur, captain; Thomas Field, lieutenant; William Potter, ensign.

• Second company---Samuel Mayes, captain; Ezekial Phettiplace, lieutenant; Daniel Mathewson, ensign.
• Third company---Abraham Winsor, captain; Stephen Pain, lieutenant; Richard Lewis, ensign.
• Fourth company---Stephen Winsor, captain; Aaron Arnold, lieutenant; Isaac Ross, ensign.

• Second company---Jeremiah Austin, captain; Benjamin Gorton, lieutenant; Joseph Weaver, ensign.
• Third company---John Mathewson, Jr., captain; Josiah Mathewson, lieutenant; Samuel Reynolds, ensign.

• Second company---John Hoxsie, captain; George Sweet, lieutenant; Eber Shearman, ensign.

• Second company---Benjamin Durfee, captain; Ebenezer Slocum, lieutenant; Jonathon Deval, ensign.

• Second company---Levi Tower, captain; Elias Philbrook, lieutenant; Levi Ballou, ensign.

• Second company---Frederick Williams, captain; Nathaniel Carpenter, lieutenant; John Harris, ensign.
• Third company---Edward Knight, captain; William Field, 2d., lieutenant; Joseph Potter, ensign.

• Second company---George Thurston, Jr., captain; Matthew Randall, lieutenant; Randall Wells, ensign.

• Second company---Emmor Olney, captain; Daniel Angell, lieutenant; Laban Waterman, ensign.

Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England

Printed 1862, volume 8, December 1778.

Amount of Rations, &c., Allowed to the Soldiers, by the Continental Congress.

Rations established by the Continental Congress, with variations made by Peter Phillips and Jabez Bowen, Esqs., and approved by the honorable the commissioners of the four New England states, viz.:

• One pound of wheat bread, or one pound of flour, or one pound-and-an-half of brown bread, per man, per day.
• One pound-and-a-quarter of beef, or one pound of pork, per man per day; or one pound of beef and one pound of pork for two days.
• Three pints of beans or peas, per man, per week.
• Eight pounds of hard soap, per hundred men, per week, including guards, &c.
• Six pounds candles, per hundred men, per week, including guards, &c.
• One quart of beer per day, per man; or nine gallons of molasses, or three quarters of a hundred of sugar, per hundred men, per week; or in lieu therof, one gill of rum, per man, per day.
• Six ounces of butter per man, per week; or the real price, in cash.
• One gill of rice; or one pint of Indian meal per man, per week.
• Half a gill of rum, per man, per day, when on fatigue.
• Two quarts of salt for every hundred pounds of fresh beef served out.
• Vinegar occasionally.

Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England

Printed 1862, volume 8, December 10, 1776.

Assistants and Militia Officers Chosen

• Ebenezer Slocum, captain; Daniel Deval, lieutenant; and Jacob Soule, ensign, of the second company of militia in the town of Tiverton.
• John Jenckes, Esq., fifth assistant, in the room of John Jepson, Esq., who is now upon the island of Rhode Island, which is possessed by the enemy.
• Daniel Cahoon, Esq., fifth assistant, in the room of the said John Jenckes, Esq., who refused, engaged.

• James Mitchell Varnum, Esq., brigadier general of all the forces now raised, or to be raised, within this state.
• Monsieur François Lellorquis De Malmedy, chief engineer and director of the works of defence within this state, with the rank of brigadier general.
• John Cooke, Esq., colonel of one of the regiments of infantry now ordered to be raised for fifteen months.
• Benjamin Talman, Esq., lieutenant colonel of the same regiment.
• William Bradford, Jr., Esq., major of the same regiment.
• Joseph Stanton, Jr., Esq., colonel of the other regiment of infantry, now ordered to be raised for fifteen months.
• Archibald Crary, Esq., lieutenant colonel of the same regiment.
• William Barton, Esq., major of the same regiment.
• Robert Elliott, Esq., colonel; William Wall, Esq., lieutenant colonel; and Job Pierce, Esq., major, of the regiment of the train of artillery.
• Ebenezer Adams, Gideon Westcott, Jabez Westcott, Jr., Samuel Sweet and John Tillinghast, captains of the several companies in the regiment of the train of artillery.
• Jonathon Clarke, Esq., linguist to Brigadier General De Malmedy, with the rank and pay of a major.
• Abimelech Riggs, Caleb Carr, Reuben Ballou, James Williams, James Parker and Thomas Allin, captains in Col. Cooke's regiment.
• Joseph Nightingale, Esq., major general of the militia of this state, in the room of Joshua Babcock, Esq., who is appointed one of the council of war.
• Thomas Thompson, Royzel Smith, Malachi Hammett, George Thurston, Jr., Peleg Slocum and William Roy, captains in Col. Stanton's regiment.
• Henry Alexander, first lieutenant in Captain Riggs's company.
• Ebenezer Macomber, first lieutenant in Capt. Carr's company.
• Squire Fiske, first lieutenant in Capt. Ballou's company.
• Jacob Belknap, first lieutenant in Captain William's company.
• Benjamin Church, first lieutenant in Captain Parker's company.
• William Lawless, first lieutenant in Capt. Allin's company.
• Peleg Berry, first lieutenant in Captain Thompson's company.
• William Coon, Jr., first lieutenant in Captain Smith's company.
• Micah Whitmarsh, first lieutenant in Captain Hammett's company.
• Beriah Lewis, first lieutenant in Captain Thurston's company.
• Benjamin Gorton, second lieutenant in Captain William's company.
• Edward Crandall, second lieutenant in Captain Smith's company.

Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England, 1862.

Proceedings of the General Assembly, held for the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at South Kingstown, on Thursday, the 17th day of April, 1777. [excerpt]

For Providence --- Daniel Tillinghast, Esq.
 "    Johnston --- Caleb Harris, Esq.
 "    Smithfield --- Capt. Andrew Waterman
 "    Glocester --- Richard Steer, Esq.
 "    Scituate --- William West, Esq.
 "    Cranston --- Nehemiah Knight, Esq.
 "    Cumberland --- Elisha Waterman, Esq.
 "    North Providence --- Joseph Olney, Esq.
 "    Warwick --- Charles Holden, Esq.
 "    Coventry --- Ephraim Westcott, Esq.
 "    East Greenwich --- Stephen Mumford, Esq.
 "    West Greenwich --- Mr. Samuel Hopkins, Jr.
 "    South Kingstown --- Immanuel Case, Esq.
 "    North Kingstown --- Major Sylvester Gardner
 "    Westerly --- Colonel Joseph Noyes
 "    Charlestown --- Mr. James Congdon, 3rd
 "    Exeter --- George Pearce, Esq.
 "    Hopkinton --- Thomas Wells, Esq.
 "    Richmond --- Mr. Simeon Clark, Jr.

Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England, 1862.

Proceedings of the General Assembly, held for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at Newport, on Thursday, the 18th day of July, 1776.

This Assembly, taking into the most serious consideration, the resolutions of the Most Honorable the Continental Congress of the United States of America, of the 4th instant, declaring the said states free and independent states, do approve the said resolution; and do most solemnly engage, that we will support the said General Congress, with our lives and fortunes.

It is voted and resolved, that the resolution of the General Congress, declaring the United Colonies free and independent states; and the act of this Assembly, approving said resolution, be published by the secretary to-morrow, in Newport, at twelve o'clock, in the presence of both houses of the General Assembly.

That thirteen cannon be discharged at Fort Liberty, upon reading said proclamation; and that the brigade be drawn up on the Parade, in thirteen divisions, and immediately after the discharge of the cannon, make a discharge of musketry; each division firing one volley, in succession.

It is further voted and resolved, that the said resolution and act be published in Providence, on Thursday next, at twelve o'clock, in such manner as His Honor the Governor shall think fit, and that thirteen cannon be discharged on the occasion.

It is further voted and resolved, that the said resolution and act be read in the several town meetings, to be holden on the last Tuesday in August next; and that the secretary seasonably furnish the necessary copies.

It is voted on and resolved, that the captains of the two row gallies in the service of this state, forthwith proceed with said gallies to the city of New York; and that on their arrival there, they receive the orders of His Excellency Gen. George Washington, and conduct themselves accordingly.

Be it enacted by this General Assembly, and by the authority thereof, it is enacted, that for the future, the style and title of this government, in all acts and instruments, whether of a public or private nature, shall be the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; and that this act, and the act of approving the United States of America free and independent states, be published in the next Newport Mercury and Providence Gazette.

It is voted and resolved, that the sheriff of the county of Newport be, and he is hereby, ordered and directed forthwith to take into his custody Edward Thurston, of Newport; and Messrs. George Sears, Jonathon Arnold, Jonathon Haszard, William Greene and Cromel Child, be a committee, to proceed with said sheriff to the dwelling house of the said Edward Thurston, and there to demand of him that he open to their view all desks, chests or other suspected places, under lock or otherwise; and if he shall refuse to show and unlock the same, that the said committee be, and hereby is, directed to break open the same, and carefully inspect and make search for any and all letters of correspondence upon the disputes between the independent states of America and Great Britain, or of a political nature; and such letters or papers as they shall think proper to bring with them for the inspection of this General Assembly.

And that the said sheriff at the same time have the said Edward Thurston before this Assembly.

It is voted and resolved, that the sheriff for the county of Newport, together with Messrs. George Sears, Jonathon Arnold, Jonathon Haszard, William Greene, and Cromel Child, proceed to the dwelling house of Mr. John Coggeshall, then and there demand of him, that he open to their view all desks, chests or other suspected places, under lock or otherwise; and if he shall refuse to show and unlock the same, that the said committee be, and hereby is, directed to break open the same, and carefully inspect and make search for any and all letters of correspondence upon the disputes between the independent states of America and Great Britain, or of a political nature; and such letters or papers as they shall think proper to bring with them for the inspection of this General Assembly.

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