Committee of Secret Correspondence
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The Committee of Secret Correspondence was a Revolutionary War–era body of the Continental Congress responsible for conducting covert diplomacy and intelligence-gathering on behalf of the American colonies.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Committee of Secret Correspondence canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
committee
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intelligence agency ⓘ organ of the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States (pre-independence American colonies) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1777-04-17 ⓘ |
| hasMainTask |
covert diplomacy
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foreign correspondence ⓘ intelligence gathering ⓘ maintaining secrecy of foreign negotiations ⓘ securing foreign aid ⓘ |
| hasPolicy | keeping proceedings secret from the full Congress ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1775-11-29 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| location | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| member |
Abraham Clark
NERFINISHED
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Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ Benjamin Harrison V NERFINISHED ⓘ Button Gwinnett NERFINISHED ⓘ Caesar Rodney NERFINISHED ⓘ Carter Braxton NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Carroll of Carrollton NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Thomson NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Rutledge NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Telfair NERFINISHED ⓘ Elbridge Gerry NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Hopkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ George Clymer NERFINISHED ⓘ George Read NERFINISHED ⓘ George Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ George Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ George Walton NERFINISHED ⓘ George Wythe NERFINISHED ⓘ James Lovell NERFINISHED ⓘ James Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ James Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ John Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ John Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ John Jay NERFINISHED ⓘ John Morton NERFINISHED ⓘ John Penn NERFINISHED ⓘ John Witherspoon NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Hewes NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyman Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew Thornton NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Wolcott NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Henry Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Stockton NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert R. Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Huntington NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Crane NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Heyward Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Lynch Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas McKean NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Nelson Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ William Hooper NERFINISHED ⓘ William Paca NERFINISHED ⓘ William Whipple NERFINISHED ⓘ William Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
arranging secret negotiations with France
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collecting military and political intelligence from Europe ⓘ coordinating covert communications with foreign sympathizers ⓘ recommending foreign agents and emissaries ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Second Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Second Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Committee of Foreign Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
authorization of secret correspondence with foreign powers in 1775
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transition to Committee of Foreign Affairs in 1777 ⓘ |
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