State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. In General Assembly, May second session, A.D. 1778 : Resolved, that eight hundred and thirty-nine effective men be raised by the several towns within this state (excepting the towns of Newport, Portsmouth, New-Shoreham, Middletown and Jamestown) for filling the battalions and regiment of artillery raising by this state, on or before the tenth day of June next ...