Joseph Hawley to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety

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Watertown, May 26, 1775.

The Congress have directed a Committee, of which I have the honour to be Chairman, to apply to you forthwith for copies of the commission, and every paper containing the appointment of Colonel Benedict Arnold, to a secret warlike enterprise to the westward; of the instructions given him by you; of your engagements to him in behalf of this Colony; and authority to raise a Regiment to be in the pay of this Colony, if any such authority was given him by you; his orders respecting the ordnance at Ticonderoga, and places on Lake Champlain; and every thing necessary to give the Congress a full understanding of the relation Colonel Arnold then stood, and now stands in to this Colony, and send them as soon as possible to us by Captain Brown. I am, gentlemen, with the greatest respect, your most obedient servant,

JOSEPH HAWLEY.

To the Committee of Safety.