Albany Congress

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noun

American History.

1. a meeting of delegates from seven American colonies, held in 1754 at Albany, New York, at which Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan AlbanyPlanofUnion for unifying the colonies.

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Albany Congress

The essential features of the Albany plan of union were all outlined by Franklin three or four years before the Albany Congress met, in a letter to James Parker, his New York partner.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

His postal duties took him as far south as Williamsburg, and the Albany Congress drew him as far north of New York as Albany.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

The most important of the early congresses was the Albany Congress of 1754.

From A Short History of the United States by Channing, Edward

Important also was the Albany Congress of 1754, in which delegates from seven colonies came together and discussed Benjamin Franklin's scheme for federating the thirteen colonies.

From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Hayes, Carlton J. H.

From the outbreak of King William's War, in 1689, to 1754, the date of the Albany Congress, there were at least a dozen intercolonial conferences called to consider means for the common defense.

From Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition by James, J.A.