In Committee of Safety [Cambridge] April 30, 1775
Capt [Benedict] Arnold Captain of a Company from Connecticut attended & Reports, that there are at Ticondarogo 80 peices heavy Cannon, 20 ps. Brass Cannon from 4 to 18 pounders, 10 or a doz. Mortars at Sckenesborough on the South Bay 3 or 4 ps. Brass Cannon. the Fort in a ruinous condition suppose has about 40 or 45 Men a number of Small Arms and considerable Stores ー A Sloop on the Lake of 70 or 80 Tonsー
William Cooper Secy
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 146.