Allen and Colonel Easton, who told them that he should not have the command of them, and if he had, their pay would be the same as though they were under their command; but they would damn the pay, and say they would not be commanded by any others but those they engaged with; and after the Garrison was surrendered, Mr. Arnold again assumed the command of the Garrison, although he had not one man there, and demanded it of Colonel Allen, on which we gave Colonel Allen his orders in writing, as follows, viz:

“To Colonel Ethan Allen.

“SIR: Whereas, agreeable to the power and authority to us given by the Colony of Connecticut, we have appointed you to take the command of a party of men, and reduce and take possession of the Garrison at Ticonderoga, and the dependencies thereto belonging, and as you are now in actual possession of the same, you are hereby required to keep the command and possession of the same, for the use of the American Colonies, until you have further orders from the Colony of Connecticut, or the Continental Congress.

“Signed by order of the Committee of War:

“EDWARD MOTT, Chairman.”

Colonel James Easton was of great service both in council and action, and in raising men for the above expedition, and appeared to be well qualified to be not only a Colonel of the Militia at home, but to command in the field. And also John Brown, Esq., of Pittsfield, we recommend as an able counsellor, and full of spirit and resolution, as well as good conduct; wish they may both be employed in the service of their Country equal to their merit.

I have the pleasure to add, that on Wednesday morning last, the tenth of this instant (May) about the break of day, our men entered the gate, till when they were undiscovered, and in the most courageous and intrepid manner darted like lightning upon the guards, so that but two had time to snap their fire-locks at us, and in a few minutes the Fortress, with its dependencies, were delivered into our hands. There are about forty soldiers taken prisoners of war, including officers and excluding those taken at Skenesborough. Not one life lost in these noble acquisitions.

I am, gentlemen, in haste, your most obedient humble servant,

EDWARD MOTT,

Chairman of the Committee of War.

To the Honourable Provincial Congress, or to the Council of War for the Province of Massachusetts-Bay. Per favour of Colonel James Easton.

CONNECTICUT ASSEMBLY.

At a General Assembly of the Governour and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New-England, in America, holden at Hartford, in said Colony, on the second Thursday of May, being the eleventh day of said month, and continued by several adjournments until the thirty-first day of the same month, Annoque Domini 1775: Present:

The Honourable Jonathan Trumbull, Esq., Governour; the Honourable Matthew Griswold, Esq., Deputy Governour; Jabez Hamlin, Elisha Sheldon, Eliphalet Dyer, Jabez Huntington, William Pitkin, Roger Sherman, William Samuel Johnson, Abraham Davenport, Joseph Spencer, Oliver Wolcott, James Abraham Hilhouse, Esquires, Assistants.

Representatives or Deputies of the Freemen of the several Towns are as follow, viz:

HARTFORD—Colonel John Pitkin, Col. Samuel Wyllys.

WEATHERSFIELD.—Major Thomas Belding.

EAST-WINDSOR.—Mr. William Wolcott, Colonel Erastus Wolcott.

SYMSBURY.—Captain Judah Holcomb, Mr. Asahal Holcomb.

WINDSOR.—Captain Henry Allen, Captain Jonah Phelps.

FARMINGTON.—Captain Isaac Lee, Mr. Jonathan Root.

SUFFIELD.—Mr. Alexander King, Captain John Leavitt.

EAST-HADDAM.—Mr. Daniel Brainard, Mr. Jabez Chapman.

STAFFORD.—Capt. Isaac Pinney, Captain Samuel Davis.

HADDAM.—Captain Joseph Brooks, Mr. Joseph Smith.

COLCHESTER.—Mr. Henry Champion, Dr. John Watrous.

SOMERS.—Mr. Reuben Sikes, Captain Emery Pease.

HEBRON.—Captain Benjamin Buel, Captain Obadiah Hosford.

GLASTENBURY.—Captain Jonathan Wells, Mr. Ebenezer Plummer.

MIDDLETOWN.—Col. Matthew Talcott, Mr. Titus Hosmer.

BOLTON.—Mr. Benjamin Trumbull, Mr. Seth King.

TOLLAND.—Capt. Solomon Wells, Captain Samuel Chapman.

WILLINGTON.—Maj. Elijah Fenton, Capt. Timothy Pearl.

ENFIELD.—Major Nathaniel Terry, Mr. Nathaniel Chapin.

CHATHAM.—Mr. David Sage, Mr. Ebenezer White.

NEW-HAVEN.—Mr. Samuel Bishop, Captain Jonathan Fitch.

DURHAM.—Colonel James Wadsworth, Mr. Daniel Hall.

GUILFORD.—Colonel Andrew Ward, Mr. John Burgess.

DERBY.—Captain John Holbrook, Mr. Joseph Hull.

WATERBURY.—Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Colonel Jonathan Baldwin.

MILFORD.—Captain John Fowler, Mr. Ephraim Strong.

BRANFORD.—Captain Edward Russell, Mr. Daniel Page.

WALLINGFORD.—Mr. Samuel Beach, Captain Thaddeus Cook.

NEW-LONDON.—Mr. Richard. Law, Mr. William Hilhouse.

NORWICH.—Mr. Benjamin Huntington, Mr. Samuel Huntington.

STONINGTON.—Mr. Charles Phelps, Mr. Nathaniel Minor.

KILLINGWORTH.—Captain Elnathan Stevens, Capt. John Pierson.

GROTON.—Mr. Thomas Mumford, Mr. Nathan Gallop.

PRESTON.—Captain Roger Sperry, Colonel John Tyler.

LYME.—Mr. Marshfield Parsons, Mr. Ezra Selden.

SAYBROOK.—Captain John Ely.

FAIRFIELD.—Mr. Jonathan Sturgess, Captain Samuel Squier.

STRATFORD.—Captain Robert Fairchild, Captain Ichabod Lewis.

STAMFORD.—Col. Charles Webb, Col. David Waterbury.

DANBURY.—Colonel Joseph Platt Cook, Mr. Thomas Taylor, Junior.

RIDGEFIELD.—Mr. Lemuel Morehouse.

READING.—Mr. William Hawley.

NORWALK.—Mr. Thomas Belding.

NEW-FAIRFIELD.—Mr. Ephraim Hubbel, Captain Nehemiah Beardslee.

GREENWICH.—Major John Mead, Mr. Peter Mead.

NEWTOWN.—Mr. Joseph Beach.

WINDHAM.—Colonel Jedediah Elderkin, Mr. Ebenezer Devotion.

LEBANON.—Colonel William Williams, Mr. Jonathan Trumbull, Junior.

MANSFIELD.—Colonel Experience Storrs, Mr. Nathaniel Atwood.

WOODSTOCK.—Captain Elisha Child, Captain Samuel McClellen.

COVENTRY.—Captain Ebenezer Kingsbury, Mr. Jeremiah Ripley.

CANTERBURY.—Mr. David Payne, Mr. Eliashib Adams.

KILLINGLY.—Mr. Stephen Crosby, Capt. Eleazar Warren.

POMFRET.—General Israel Putnam, Mr. Elisha Lord.

ASHFORD.—Captain Benjamin Sumner, Captain Ichabod Ward.

PLAINFIELD.—Captain James Bradford, Mr. William Robinson.

VOLUNTOWN.—Major James Gordon, Mr. Robert Hunter.

LITCHFIELD.—Mr. Jedediah Strong, Major David Welch.

WOODBURY.—Mr. Daniel Sherman, Captain Increase Moseley.

SALISBURY.—Colonel Joshua Porter, Captain Abel Camp.

KENT.—Mr. Ephraim Hubbel, Junior, Captain Eliphalet Whittlesey.