Colonel Arnold to General Schuyler

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Dead River, 160 miles from Quebeck, October 13, 1775.

DEAR SIR: I make no doubt his Excellency General Washington has advised you of his ordering me, with a detachment of the Army at Cambridge, to march against Quebeck. In consequence of which, I left Cambridge on the 13th of September, and after a very fatiguing and hazardous march over a rough country, up the Kennebeck River, against a very rapid stream, through an uninhabited country, and meeting with many other difficulties, which we have happily surmounted, we have at last arrived at the Dead River, which we have examined to the Chaudiere Pond, and hope in a fortnight of having the pleasure of meeting you in Quebeck. Any intelligence or advice you can communicate will be gratefully received, as this detachment was intended to co-operate with your Army.

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I am, with much esteem, dear Sir, your most obedient and humble servant,

B˙ ARNOLD.

To the Honourable Major-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Army.