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

He went about the alteration of the Book of Common Prayer exactly as if he were framing a constitution for the Albany Congress or for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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

After the Albany Congress of 1754 Franklin urged the formation of two barrier colonies in the West.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

This was the question which the Albany Congress had tried to settle in 1754, and which the Federal Convention did settle in 1787.

From The War of Independence by John Fiske

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

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