Address of the Albany Antifederal Committee - 1788



Summary: This statement was issued by a committee of Albany Anti-Federalists in support of Anti-Federal lists of candidates for the New York ratifying convention and the New York legislature.

[ Albany, April 10, 1788]

By order of the Committee,
Jer. Van Rensselaer, Chairman
Mat. Visscher, Clerk

The subscribers being of opinion, that the reasons abovementioned, are conclusive against adopting the new constitution without previous ammendments, recommend the above named gentlemen as candidates for members of convention and the following, for members of senate and assembly: to wit, Peter Van Ness, for senator; John Lansing, jun., Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Cornelius Van Dyck, John Duncan, John Thompson, Henry K Van Rensselaer, and John Younglove, for assemblymen.

Jacob C. Ten Eyck
John R. Bleecker
Gerrit Lansing, jun.
Cornelius K. Van Den Berg
Abraham Yates, jun
Gysbert Fonda
Cornelius Wendell
Volkert A. Douw
Abraham Cuyler
Henry Ten Eyck
Henry Wendell
Peter W. Douw
Wm. Mancius


Robert Lansing
John Price
Arie Lagrange
Henry Lansing
Jacob G. Lansing
John W. Wendell
Abraham Bloodgood
Gysbert Marselus
Peter W. Yates
Dirck B. Van Schoonhoven
Jacob Roseboom
Richard Lush
Peter Sharp

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first posted: 3/10/08