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TOWN DOINGS. 291 Town Valuation. Warren, acres of woodland, 6i6. Value of Woodland, ^£1.580. Rents at 20 and 15 years, ;^33,i96, los. Sum total of Ratables, £7^^, 12s. 3p. Whole amount, ;^42,275, 2s. 3p. Polls, 226. 1768. Deputies, Major Josiah Humphrey, Major Samuel Allen. Bristol Co. field officer, Samuel Allen, Warren, Lieut, Col. 1769. Deputies, Cromwell Child, Major Samuel Allen. Bristol Co. field officer, Samuel Allen, 2nd, Warren, Lieut. Col. April 19th, 1769. A pair of stocks was ordered on the East side of the River, and a pillory on the West side, in a convenient place. The first commencement of Rhode Island College was held in the Baptist Meeting House in Warren, September 7^ 1769, when seven young men, matriculated in 1765, took their first degree in the Arts. Dr. Manning and the candidates for degrees were all dressed in American manufacturies. 1770. Deputies, Ebenezer Cole, Major Samuel Allen. This was the twenty-fourth and last annual election for town and state officers of the town of Warren as originally organized. In the election of deputies the plan had been followed of electing one of the two deputies from each side of the river, excepting for the year 1768, when both deputies were elected from the west or Barrington side of the river. Bristol Co. field officer, Nathaniel Martin, Warren, Lieut. Col. Before the division of the town the average vote of the freemen for seven years was 96, and for the seven years after it was 46.