...committee assignment, however, was on the Committee of Secret Correspondence, established 29 November 1775 "for the sole purpose of corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland and other parts of the world."25 The committee's foreign correspondents initially were comprised of Franklin's own contacts....

...who had agents abroad to procure military stores, and who were ' empowered to correspond with their friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world.' And among the grounds of hope by which Washington was encouraged to bear up agamst difficulties and discouragements...

...who had agents abroad to procure military stores, and who were 'empowered to correspond with their friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world.' And among the grounds of hope by which Washington was encouraged to bear up against difficulties and discouragements...

...OF THE CONFEDERATION. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. SECRET JOURNAL. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. NOVEMBER 29, 1775. RESOLVED, That a committee of five be appointed for the sole...this Congress will make provision to defray all such expenses as may arise by carrying on such correspondence, and for the payment of such agents as they...

...read and debated, was agreed to. Ordered, That a fair copy be made, signed and forwarded. Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed for the sole...Great Britain, Ireland, and, other parts of the world, iiiiil that they lay their correspondence before Congress when directed. Resolved, That Congress will...

...congress resolved, that a committee of five of its members, should he appointed for the sole porpose of corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world, who should lay their correspondence hefore congress when required. It does not appear that the members...

...states that there was a secret committee in America, " who were empowered to correspond with their friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world." And among the hopes that animated Washington, in his various struggles, he enumerates " Irish claims, and...

...he was appointed the chairmen of a committee organized under the following cautious resolutions : " That a committee of five be appointed for the sole...their correspondence before congress when directed. That congress will make provision to defray all such expenses as may arise, by carrying on such a correspondence,...

...importation of arms, ammunition, sulphur, and saltpetre." * On Wednesday, November 29th, it was f " Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed for the sole...their correspondence before Congress when directed. * See the Journals of Congress for 1775, p. 238. Wednesday, November 8th, 1775, and the note. (Also...

...the adoption of a resolution by the continental Congress, on the twenty-ninth of November, 1775, " That a committee of five be appointed for the sole...with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other part* of ihe world, and that the}' lay their correspondence before Congress, when directed."* The hints...