Abraham Yates (August 23, 1724 - June 30, 1796) was an American lawyer and civil servant from Albany, New York. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress in 1787 and 1788 as well as a New York State Senator from 1778 to 1790. Wikipedia
Abraham Yates, Jr. (August 1724 - 30 June 1796), public servant and political writer, was born in Albany the son of Christoffel Yates, a blacksmith and Catelyntje Winne. www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/y/ayjranb.html
Abraham Yates, Jr., and the New Political Order in Revolutionary New York . Albany: New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1975. bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Y000008
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