A Letter from Col. [Benedict] Arnold, dated Crown Point, 23 May, 1775, was laid before the Congress, informing that he had certain intelligence, that "on the 19th there were then 400 regulars at St. John's, making all possible preparations to cross the Lake, and expected to be joined by a number of Indians, with a design of retaking Crown-point and Ticonderoga," and earnestly calling for a reinforcement and supplies. This letter being taken into consideration,

Resolved, That the Governor of Connecticut be requested immediately to send a strong reinforcement to the garrisons of Crown Point and Ticonderoga, and that so many of the cannon and other stores he retained, as may be necessary for the immediate defence of those posts, until further orders from this Congress, and that the provincial Convention of New York be informed of this resolve, and desire of Congress, that he shd appoint a person, in whom he can confide, to command the forces at Crown Point and Ticonderoga. for the lakes.

Ordered, That the above resolve be immediately transmitted in a letter by the prest to Govr [Jonathan] Trumbull, and the convention of New York.

Ordered, That the president in his letter acquaint Gov. Trumbull, that it is the desire of Congress, that he shd appoint a person, in whom he can confide, to command the forces at Crown Point and Ticonderoga.