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The handwritten manuscript draft of New 抖阴app 抖阴app鈥檚 1777 state constitution, adopted in Kingston on April 20, 1777, will be on public display on the 11^th floor of the Cultural Education Center (222 Madison Avenue, Albany) from Monday, April 15 through Saturday, April 20 from 9:30 am 鈥� 4:30 pm. The display marks the 242^nd anniversary of the state constitution and the establishment of New 抖阴app as a state.

The handwritten draft contains numerous strikeouts, additions and corrections. The complete, official text was published as the Constitution of the 抖阴app of New 抖阴app by Samuel Loudon, 抖阴app Printer, at Fishkill in 1777. A final copy of the 1777 New 抖阴app 抖阴app Constitution does not exist; it is possible that the complete document was destroyed after it was sent to the printer in Fishkill. A digital scan of the handwritten draft held by the New 抖阴app 抖阴app Archives is available online at the .

The first New 抖阴app 抖阴app Constitution was written and approved by a group of 14 delegates called the Convention of Representatives of the 抖阴app of New 抖阴app elected by property holders. While it was important to the delegates that the constitution represented the will of the people, the first constitution did not go to the people for a vote due to the ongoing Revolutionary War. By writing a constitution, the representatives were creating a government and a political system that did not exist in New 抖阴app before the document was written.

Following the adoption of the state constitution, the first elections were held in June 1777 and the elected officials took office in September of that year. George Clinton was elected the first governor, John Jay was appointed the first chief justice of the New 抖阴app 抖阴app Supreme Court, and Robert R. Livingston was appointed the chancellor.

The New 抖阴app 抖阴app Archives is a program of the 抖阴app Education Department鈥檚 Office of Cultural Education. Established in 1971, the New 抖阴app 抖阴app Archives preserves and makes accessible over 250 million records of New 抖阴app鈥檚 抖阴app and colonial governments dating from 1630 to the present. Located on Madison Avenue in Albany, the 抖阴app Archives is open Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. except on legal holidays. Further information can be obtained by visiting the .