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

While the commissioners were conferring with the Indians in Albany, Congress was engaged in discussing the plans of a confederacy.

From Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

The Albany Congress, 1754.—Open hostilities with their enemies became more and more frequent.

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

It was he who had submitted the plan of union to the Albany Congress in 1754, which with modifications was recommended by that congress for adoption.

From The Fathers of the Constitution; a chronicle of the establishment of the Union by Max Farrand

Before passing to his share in this conflict, a word should be said about the Albany Congress, in which he was the guiding spirit.

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

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 Carlton J. H. Hayes

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