Copy, DNA, PCC, item 41, vol. 10, p. 428 (M247, roll 52). Wynkoop was a commodore in the New York Navy, which had been re-established under the state's constitution of 1777 with the state's governor as admiral. Paullin, Navy of the Revolution, p. 476. Conway was assisting Maj. Gen. Alexander McDougall, commander of American forces in the Hudson Highlands.