Albany, March 8th, 1776.
Sirー
I am honoured with yours of the 4th instant. The Continental Congress have resolved that Capt. [Jacobus] Wynkoop should be employed upon the lakes under Commodore [William] Douglass. Whether the latter gentleman means to engage in the service I do not know. Of this Congress can very speedily inform itself, as he resides near New-York. Should he not engage, there is no person I would more willingly have to command the vessels that Capt. Wynkoop. At any rate I wish you to send him up the soonest possible, with a sufficient number of sailors for the two schooners and sloop. I am &c.
Ph. Schuyler.
1. New York Provincial Congress, I, 364.
