Peerless American Benjamin Franklin came to Albany at least twice and possibly more during the eighteenth century. We hope to add significantly to this presently only placetaking exposition on Franklin in Albany.

In June 1754, accompanied by three others, he headed the Pennsylvania delegation to the Albany Congress. On his way from Philadelphia to Albany, Franklin later said that he "projected and drew a plan for the union of all the colonies under one government." Although the delegates at Albany finally approved the plan, it later would not be adopted by the separate provincial governments.

Between June and November 1763, Deputy Postmaster Franklin visited post offices in New York and New England.

Although suffering from boils, swollen legs, and dizziness, fom the end of March to the end of May 1776, he and John Carroll undertook a mission to Montreal.

Despite almost overwhelming temptation, this section is confined wholly to Franklin's direct and physical connection to Albany. Start with