The Albany Congress: Its Role in American Constitutional History speech, 1954.

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The Albany Congress: Its Role in American Constitutional History speech, 1954.

This address relates to a published monograph by this author on the same topic in which he descusses the historical facts of the Albany Congress of 1754 and argues that Benjamin Franklin's proposed "Plan of Union" for the thirteen British Colonies was significant to the framework of the United States Constitution.

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