Committee of Secret Correspondence Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed for the sole purpose of corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world ; and that they lay their correspondence before Congress... Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789 - Stran 392avtor: United States. Continental Congress - 1905Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| Charles Emanuel Martin - 1921 - 186 strani
...organ during the Revolution was established by resolution of Congress: 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 a correspondence, and for the payment of such agents as they... | |
| 1922 - 694 strani
...the situation, and in November, 1775, the Continental Congress appointed a committee to correspond " with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world." After some violent protests against negotiations with foreign powers, Congress finally, in March, 1776,... | |
| Edward Schley Delaplaine - 1927 - 564 strani
...November 29. His appointment on this day came in pursuance of the following resolution: "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 the... | |
| Charles Emanuel Martin, William Henry George - 1927 - 794 strani
...organ of the United States was established by resolution of Congress on November 29, 1775: Resolved; that a committee of five be appointed for the sole purpose of corresponding with our friends iu Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world, and that they lay their correspondence before... | |
| American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia - 1928 - 402 strani
...heated discussion that arose came one practical result : Congress appointed a Secret Committee for the purpose of " corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland and other parts of the world ". This Committee, of which Dr. Franklin was a leading member, came into being November 29, I775-3... | |
| France, Institut français de Washington (D.C.) - 1928 - 108 strani
...Continental Congress had appointed a Committee of Correspondence of five members, to get and to keep in touch with " our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world." * This antedated the Declaration of Independence by several months. It appeared to the Committee that... | |
| Natalia Summers - 1946 - 250 strani
...Duties Assigned by Law to the Department of State January 29, 1830 (November 29, 1775.) 1. To correspond with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world. (January 10, 1781.) 2. To keep all the books and papers belonging to the Department of Foreign Affairs.... | |
| Elliot H. Goodwin - 1965 - 776 strani
...November 1775 the Continental Congress set up a Committee of Secret Correspondence to make contact with 'our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world'. The committee immediately authorised Arthur Lee, a Virginian resident in London, to sound out foreign... | |
| 1982 - 936 strani
...in 1 775. At that time a Committee of Secret Correspondence, with Benjamin Franklin as chairman, was appointed for the "sole purpose of corresponding with...Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world." In 1777, this committee was succeeded by a Committee for Foreign Affairs, which had limited functions... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations - 1976 - 546 strani
...date in 1775 that the Continental Congress by resolution created a committee "for the sole purposes of corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world." The members chosen for this committee were Benjamin Franklin — who served as chairman and guiding... | |
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