Present. The Governor.
On motion by letter from Maj. Ledyard,1 that he is in want of more cannon for the fort at Groton &c.: Voted, that said Maj. Ledyard be impowered to borrow from the ship Trumbull2 as many 12 or 9 pounders and carriages as he shall judge necessary; and that said Ledyard be directed to hire and employ two carpenters to finish the platforms at Fort Griswold or Groton.
Hoadly, ed., Public Records of the State of Connecticut 2: 94.
1. Maj. William Ledyard, Connecticut Militia.
2. Continental Navy frigate Trumbull, Capt. Dudley Saltonstall, commander.
