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II–B. Freemen Vote in Town Meetings on the Constitution, 24 March–23 April 1788 [Editorial Note]Barrington (9–34)Bristol (26–23)Charlestown (6–51)Coventry (0–180)Cranston (0–101)Cumberland (10–113)East Greenwich (2–91)Exeter (6–142)Glocester (9–228)Hopkinton (33–95)Jamestown (5–11)Johnston (2–79)Little Compton (63–57)Middletown (6–40)Newport (1–10)New Shoreham (0–32)North Kingstown (2–160)North Providence (0–48)Portsmouth (12–60)Providence (0–1)Richmond (1–68)Scituate (0–156)Smithfield (2–158)South Kingstown (1–125)Tiverton (23–92)Warren (2–41)Warwick (3–140)Westerly (12–56)West Greenwich (2–145)Commentaries on the Referendum, 26 March–23 April 1788Massachusetts Centinel, 26 March 1788Amendment, Providence Gazette, 29 March 1788Enos Hitchcock to Silas Talbot, Providence, 31 March 1788 (excerpts)Massachusetts Centinel, 2 April 1788A Freeman, Newport Herald, 3 April 1788Newport Herald, 3 April 1788James Madison to George Nicholas, Orange County, Va., 8 April 1788 (excerpt)New York Packet, 8 April 1788 (excerpt)Maryland Journal, 15 April 1788Edward Carrington to James Madison, New York, 23 April 1788 