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	Committee of correspondence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A committee of correspondence was a body organized by the local governments of the American colonies for the purposes of coordinating written communication outside of the colony.
		The committees of correspondence rallied opposition on common causes and established plans for collective action, and so the network of committees was the beginning of what later became a formal political union among the colonies.
		Many correspondents were also members of the colonial legislative assemblies, and were active in the secret Sons of Liberty organizations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Committees_of_Correspondence (481 words)

	Liberty
		The committee was created during a "town meeting" and drew its authority from the fact that, traditionally, any type of committee could be created that a majority of the town's residents saw fit to create.
		A Committee of Observation was established in the county of Chester on 20 December, 1774.
		A Committee of Observation was chosen in York County at a general meeting of the inhabitants on 16 December, 1774.
	www.motherbedford.com /Liberty.htm (2461 words)

	Committees of Correspondence
		The first formal committee of correspondence was established in Boston in 1764 and was charged with rallying opposition to the recently enacted Currency Act and the unpopular reforms imposed on the customs service.
		In 1772, at the urging of chief propagandist Samuel Adams, a committee was formed to protest the recent decision to have the Crown, not the colonial assembly, pay the salaries of the royal governor and judges.
		In 1773, a correspondence committee of the House of Burgesses in Virginia wrote to the other assemblies to suggest that permanent committees be formed, a clear reflection that the crisis between mother country and colonies was deepening.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h675.html (641 words)

	Communism Research Wiki: Committees Of Correspondence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The split of the Committees of Correspondence from the Communist Party USA was a consequence of insufficient party democracy; in 1990, National Board member Charlene Mitchell complained that the party lacked sufficient internal discussion and accountability.
		The Committees of Correspondence believed the problems with their and all other Communist Parties originated in the Stalin era, when the leadership became independent and self-perpetuating; Gus Hall's group believed the problems with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union lay entirely with Gorbachev's reforms.
		The Committees of Correspondence received much of its initial gravitas from Gil Green, a Communist Party USA Politboro member who was jailed under the Smith Act for several years in the 1950s.
	www.yardley.ca /cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Committees_Of_Correspondence (689 words)

	Committees of Correspondence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Committees of Correspondence were colonial groups formed by towns, counties, and colonies to pass information and organize colonists to react to the actions of England.
		Samuel Adams led the first Committee of Correspondence, which was formed in Boston in 1772.
		These committees were crucial to the revolutionary effort, drawing colonists together for the fight for independence.
	home.comcast.net /~cpulkow/amerrev/commcorr.html (111 words)

	Early Revolutionary History of Virginia 1773-1774 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Committee met on the next day, March 13th, all present except Edmund Pendleton and Patrick Henry; appointed John Tazewell clerk, and Peyton Randolph, Robert Carter Nicholas, and Dudley Digges a select committee, who, as is shown by the record, conducted all the correspondence of the committee.
		The Conneclicul Committee writes on March 8th in reply to the letter of the Virginia Committee of January 6th concerning wrifs of assistance, which contained an elaborate argument against granting such general writs as were demanded by his Majesty's c9mmissioners.
		On the 6th the Committee of Correspondence ordered the letters which had been received from the different colonies "to be laid before the House of Burgesses now sitting,'' and on the 25th it took similar action with respect to the letter from the New Jersey committee, the last one received.
	www.ls.net /~newriver/va/erevva.htm (3529 words)

	SparkNotes: Samuel Adams: Section 8: Committee of Correspondence
		The committees began to spread slowly through New England, and by 1774 the Boston committee of correspondence was coordinating with three hundred other Massachusetts towns and other Sons of Liberty organizations as far south as South Carolina.
		More importantly, though, for this subject, the efforts of the committees of correspondence also reestablished Adams as the leader of the revolution in the colonies and the protector of all liberties.
		The Sons of Liberty massed on the wharf each time a tea ship arrived, and the committees of correspondence proved to be extremely effective in mobilizing the surrounding towns to battle.
	www.sparknotes.com /biography/samadams/section8.rhtml (818 words)

	Christian Committees of Correspondence: An Answer to the Political Doldrums of the 1990s
		These Committees or "ComCor's" are groups of committed Christians in hundreds of towns and cities across the country, who are concerned about the decline of the American republic, and who desire to rebuild the biblical foundations of this nation.
		Membership in the Plymouth Rock Foundation's "Pilgrim Family" and in the Christian Committees of Correspondence "crosses denominational lines, spans all socio-economic strata, and includes all professions and trades." The ComCors are unique in that they are self-governing.
		May it be that in our generation these Committees of Correspondence might be used to spark an even greater Christian revolution than the one produced by their forebears two centuries ago.
	www.forerunner.com /forerunner/X0539_Committees_of_Corres.html (1216 words)

	Elbridge Gerry Papers (Library of Congress)
		The collection contains correspondence and memoranda relating to these negotiations, two letterbooks which were apparently used interchangeably, two issues of Le Publiciste, 6-7 May 1798, and the safe conduct pass issued to Gerry, 17 July 1798.
		A calendar prepared in 1960 listing Gerry's correspondence in his papers and in those of some of his contemporaries is available in the Manuscript Division.
		Official correspondence relating to the XYZ mission to France can be found in the archives of the United States and France.
	www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/gerry.html (848 words)

	The Committee of Correspondence: Moving Towards Independence
		The whole committee also instructed that a letter be drafted outlining the recent steps taken in Virginia regarding the formation of the Committee of Correspondence.
		In the past, Committees of Correspondence had only operated as intracolonial and their effects were not felt outside of the legal boundaries of the colony.
		While Dabney Carr is on record as suggesting the establishment of the Committee of Correspondence before the entire House of Burgesses, Dumas Malone and Virginius Dabney both agree that the idea was originally Richard Henry Lee's with Malone suggesting that Jefferson gave Carr the task to introduce him and his rhetorical skills to the body.
	earlyamerica.com /review/fall98/lastdays.html (4306 words)

	SparkNotes: Pre-Revolutionary America (1763-1776): To the Brink: The Boston Massacre and the Committees of ...
		To the Brink: The Boston Massacre and the Committees of Correspondence
		The committees convinced local citizens that their rights were in danger and encouraged voting.
		Colonial allegiance was broken down substantially between 1767 and 1773, and the colonists grew increasingly defensive against the impositions of the mother country, eventually forming the committees of correspondence to coordinate a pan-colonial defense mechanism.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/american/prerevolution/section10.rhtml (1123 words)

	Ch. 5 Rebellion
		The radicals who formed the Committees of Correspondence wrote secret letters to each other to organize protests and publish articles in favor of independence.
		The Committees of Correspondence were most importantly working to keep the colonists informed about the problems caused by the British government.
		The Committees of Correspondence and the Boston Massacre
	brt.uoregon.edu /cyberschool/history/ch05/rebellion.html (478 words)

	Committees of correspondence, boston tea party, coercive acts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In response to this action, groups called Committees of Correspondence were set up throughout the colonies to trade ideas and work to convince more citizens to take an active role in politics.
		Committees of Correspondence whose function was to communicate with agents in Britain and with other assemblies were not new to 18th century British North America.
		Committees like it were eventually established throughout the colonies.
	www.owlnet.rice.edu /~mwfriedm/terms/karen2.html (865 words)

	Committees of Correspondence - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Committees of Correspondence - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Committees of Correspondence, colonial groups organized prior to the American Revolution to mobilize public opinion and coordinate patriotic actions...
		A second major intellectual resource was the Age of Enlightenment in Europe during the 18th century.
	encarta.msn.com /Committees_of_Correspondence.html (121 words)

	The State Library of Massachusetts - Digital Collections - Broadsides - Pre-American Revolution
		Title: In consequence of a conference with the committees of correspondence for the towns in the vicinity of Boston, November 23, 1773, and with their advice the following letter is addressed...
		Gentlemen, the Committee of Correspondence for this town had just prepared their Letter covering the Proceedings of the Town...
		At a meeting of the Committees of Correspondence of the several towns of Boston, Charlestown, Cambridge, Medford, Lexington, Watertown, Brookline and Concord...
	www.mass.gov /lib/collections/dc/broadsides/prerevolution.htm (506 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Presidents: Thomas Jefferson: Letters: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
		Samuel Adams, appointing a committee "to state the rights of the colonists, and of that province in particular, and the infringements of them, to communicate them to the several towns, as the sense of the town of Boston, and to request of each town a free communication of its sentiments on this subject"?
		Wirt, that the proposition of a committee for national correspondence was nearly simultaneous in Virginia and Massachusetts.
		But the ultimate decision in the House on the report of the committee being by request postponed to the next morning, all the States voted for it, except New York, whose vote was delayed for the reason before stated.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/P/tj3/writings/brf/jefl255.htm (1481 words)

	Christian Committees of Correspondence: Beginning a "Second American Revolution"
		In the 1770s, "committees of correspondence" were created by American Patriots.
		These committees had a tremendous impact on the social institutions of the colonies and played a vital role in winning America's independence from Great Britain.
		Plymouth Rock Foundation's Christian Committees of Correspondence (or "ComCors") is the modern version of these groups.
	www.forerunner.com /forerunner/X0540_Committees_of_Corres.html (573 words)

	Straight Dope Staff Report: Who called the Continental Congress?
		In 1773, the Virginia House of Burgesses called for the colonies to establish committees of correspondence, which were groups of like-minded activists that corresponded with one another and attempted to whip up public sentiment on some pressing issue.
		The committees of correspondence arranged the Continental Congress.
		Other committees wrote similar letters, and as Griffith tells us, "By August, the colonies had agreed a general congress would convene in Philadelphia on Monday, September 5, 1774." That was the First Continental Congress.
	www.straightdope.com /mailbag/mcontcongress.htm (1565 words)

	Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism is a democratic socialist group in the United States which originated in 1992 as the Committees of Correspondence, a moderate, dissenting wing of the Communist Party USA.
		Named after the Committees of Correspondence of the American Revolution, the group was critical of the leadership of CPUSA leader Gus Hall and argued that in light of the collapse of the Soviet Union the party should reject Leninism and adopt a more moderate democratic socialist orientation.
		In 2000 the group changed its name to the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism.
	committees-of-correspondence-for-democracy-and-socialism.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (181 words)

	Committees
		We welcome and encourage our members to serve on the committee of their choice.
		If you are interested in serving on any of the committees below, please click on the committee of your choice to learn more about the important work it does.
		If you are interested in becoming involved, contact the committee chair via the AGWA national office; AGWA Committees.
	www.agwa.us /Committees.htm (256 words)

	Green History
		AUGUST '84: The first national Green organization was the Committees of Correspondence, formed in August 1984 in St. Paul, Minn., and named after an American Revolutionary group.
		Internationally, Greens refer to the Four Pillars.) The Green Committees of Correspondence consisted of local groups, which were organized into bioregional networks, which were organized into a national Interregional Committee.
		The Restructuring Committee met in Missouri and unanimously proposed a new national bicameral structure: one body composed of representatives from state parties, the other of representatives from locals.
	home.houston.rr.com /cxi/GreenHistory.htm (1497 words)

	Plymouth Rock Foundation - Christian Committees of Correspondence
		Before there was a Declaration of Independence, there were the Committees for Correspondence.
		It was said, after the republic was born, that the Committees contained the seeds of our nation.
		The local Christian Committee of Correspondence seeks to build the Bible believing and preaching local church and and work closely with it.
	www.plymrock.org /ccc.html (1171 words)

	Time Line of Events Leading to the American Revolution
		Throughout all of the Colonies the Committees of Correspondence are calling upon local patriots to refuse the tea cargo, and impose an embargo on British Tea.
		The committee of correspondence has drafted a non-importation agreement known as the "Solemn League and Covenant" urging all Colonists to boycott imported British goods.
		Before adjourning the committee issued their petition of Rights and Grievances to King George, and called upon the Colonial assemblies to send delegates to a SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS to convene in Philadelphia next May 10th.
	www.homeofheroes.com /hallofheroes/1st_floor/birth/1bc6ab.html (2661 words)

	Committees of Correspondence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		I thought of it as "demands for respect." Sharon Clausen provided the term "committees of correspondence" which harks back to pre-Revolutionary days where (the previous) King George was challenged in various ways by the colonists.
		The regionally based "committees" need to be put together with the blessing/support of the Network [no "loose cannons," in the words of Carol Patterson] and need to be accountable for what's done after they do it and also clearing things with the E.D. (or Board if there's time) before they do it.
		Also this needs I think to be organizationally independent of the Public Policy Committee whose mandate is "working the system" and also of the regional coordinators, who are already underpaid and over-worked.
	users.cwnet.com /phelps/c-of-c.htm (304 words)

	Re: Committees of Correspondence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Sharon Clausen called it "Committees of Correspondence, "following the historical example that helped to set in motion the U.S. Revolution in the 1770s.
		The good thing about this proposal (which Board members called "long overdue") is that it provides a formal structure that supports the INTERPLAY between the bureaucratic center (which expects accountability) and the people at the point of the social manifestations of stigma and discrimination (who need to be able to respond in a timely way).
		There is still one question, of liaison between the "top" of the Network and the regional activists; that is unresolved.
	users.cwnet.com /phelps/c-of-c2.htm (228 words)

	The Welch Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		They are modeled after the historical Committees of Correspondence established by our founding fathers for the purpose of keeping the American colonies informed about the abuses perpetrated upon them by the unchecked tyrannical forces of the un-Godly King of England, and the efforts by patriots to counter them.
		Their committees like ours today, were educational in nature.
		Local committees meet once or twice a month to view a video on a current or otherwise important subject, and then write letters to the appropriate legislators concerning pending legislation.
	www.welchreport.com /commit.cfm (460 words)

	ACLU, "The First Pamphlet Proposing the Creation of Committees of Correspondence to Redeem the Constitution of the ...
		On September 24, 1973, E. Howard Hunt testified before the Senate Watergate Committee that while he was on the White House staff he and G. Gordon Liddy participated in the burglary of the offices of Dr. Lewis Fielding, Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist.
		Additionally, the five defendants who pled guilty in the original Watergate trial represented to the District Court that the theory of the case presented by the prosecution was substantially accurate.
		On September 24, 1973, F. Howard Hunt testified before the Senate Watergate Committee that he was given access to the State Department's cables covering the period of the Diem assassination.
	mrzine.monthlyreview.org /aclunixon.html (16084 words)

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