[New York] Die Sabbati, 4 ho.P.M. April 13th, 1776

A letter from Major-General Schuyler to General [William] Thompson w~s read, ofwhich the following extract is the last sentence, to wit: Will you be so good as to request the New-York Congress that the sailors may be sent up without delay? Capt. Jacobus Wynkoop, on request, attended the Committee, and agreed to accept of and execute the following order: Ordered, That Capt. Jacobus Wynkoop do enlist the number of mariners desired by Major-General Schuyler for the service at the lakes, with all possible despatch; that Capt. Wynkoop proceed to Albany with the said mariners to General Schuyler, and take his directions as to the vessels on the lakes until the Honourable the Continental Congress shall have appointed him to that command, or some other gentleman shall arrive at the Lakes, authorized to take the command.