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Abraham
Yates Jr.
 Sixty-six year old Abraham Yates, Jr. was appointed mayor of Albany by the New York State Council of Appointment on September 29, 1790. He held that office until his death on June 30, 1796.
Although
he did practice law, Yates was a career civil servant
who previously had been an Albany constable, firemaster,
assistant alderman, alderman, and recorder or deputy
mayor. He also had been deputy secretary to the Commissioners
for Indian Affairs, sheriff of Albany County, chairman
or the Albany Committee of Correspondence, delegate
to the New York Provincial Congress and New York
State Convention, Albany postmaster, Continental
Loan Officer, New York State Senator, delegate to
the Continental Congress, and a member of numerous
other committees and commissions.
Because
of the existence of a large body of his personal
papers, the career of Abraham Yates, Jr. has been
the subject of a number of scholarly publications
over the past half century. The drama of his life
raised the basic issues that led to the formation
of the Colonial
Albany Social History Project.
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Notes: Read Abraham
Yates, Jr. by Stefan Bielinski, published
in American National
Biography.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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