Dongan Charter
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Dongan Charter
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The Dongan Charter is the 1686 document incorporating Albany, New York, as a city. Albany's charter was issued by Governor Thomas Dongan of the Province of New York, a few months after Governor Dongan issued a similarly worded, but less detailed charter for the city of New York. The city of Albany was created three years after Albany County. The charter is the oldest existing city charter still in force in the United States. According to Stefan Bielinski, former senior historian of the New York
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1686 charter for Albany, New York
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongan_Charter
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2023-12-03T00:24:56Z
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