Note 8 — Ballads of the Revolution.[1]

“Arnold joined them here with a commission from the Committee of Safety in Cambridge, and claimed the right to command. After Ticonderoga was taken, he assumed command, but his orders were not heeded. He then sent a written protest to Massachusetts, but this State sustained Allen.”—See Lossing’s Pict. Field Book, vol. i., p. 124, etc.