A letter from Major-General Schuyler, relating to Captain [Jacobus] Wynkoop and the command of the vessels on the lakes, was read, and is in the words following, to wit:

[See Schuyler to Provincial Congress, March 8, 1776]

Thereupon a message was sent to Mr. Wynkoop, who attended. A copy of the said letter was delivered to him. He was requested to go to Major [William] Douglass with the copy of the said letter, show it to him and request to know of him whether he will accept the command, and that Capt. Wynkoop give an answer to the Committee of Safety, whether he will proceed to the lakes in the station assigned him.