Head Qrs Albany Feby [18, 1777] 2
Gent:
You with the Sailors under your Command will immediately repair to Tyonderoga and put yourselves under the Command of Colo: [Anthony] Wayne who will employ you in such Services as he shall think necessary until Lake Champlain becomes navigable when you will be ordered on Board the Vessels. By order &c
J. Lansing Junr Secy
1. Schuyler Papers, Letters & Orders, 18 April, 1776 -29 June, 1777, NYPL. Lansing was military secretary to General Schuyler.
2. Date is blurred, and is approximated by placement in Schuyler Papers.