Edited sentence: Connolly gave the letter to Gibson to take to White Eyes.However Gibson decided that the local committee of correspondence ought to see the letter, and with their recieving the letter processes were put in place that led to Connolly's arrest on November 13, 1775 close to Hagertown, Maryland.In 1775 Gibson was made the Indian agent at Pittsburgh to represent the interests of Virginia, acting for John Connolly (loyalist) who in turn acted under Lord Dunmore.With war between the Colonists and England likely to start soon, Dunmore sent a letter to Connolly to send to White Eyes to convince him to join the British cause and fight the colonists