Personal Accounts of the Albany Congress of 1754

An author named Beverly Mcanear in 1753 wrote his personal accounts of the Albany Congress. It began with "On September 18, 1753, the Lords of Trade instructed James
DeLancey, lieutenant governor of New York, to arrange for a general treaty of the Six Nations and the continental British American colonies for the purpose of hearing the Indians' complaints and restoring their good will towards the English. This order resulted from the growing disaffection of the Indians and the rapid penetration of the Ohio Valley by the French. Both New York and Pennsylvania failed miserably to maintain their influ-
ence over the Six Nations and their allies in the Ohio Valley, and confusion was spread throughout the Southwest and Northwest by Virginian efforts to gain control of the Indians to the west of the Appalachians."[1] This congress setting allowed Franklin to show his expertise in politics and show his eagerness for unity of the colonies.

<1> McAnear, Beverly. “Personal Accounts of the Albany Congress of 1754.” The Mississippi Valley Historical Review 39, no. 4 (March 1953): 727. https://doi.org/10.2307/1895397¹</1>