N.B. I shall send to Cambridge the 24-pounders, 12 and 6-pounders, howitzers, &c., as directed by Colonel [Richard] Gridley. Four brass howitzers in the edge of the Lake, and covered with water, cannot be come at at present.
Benedict Arnold
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 193, 210. Enclosed in Arnold's letter of May 19, 1775.