Committee of Correspondence

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noun American History.

an intercolonial committee organized 1772 by Samuel Adams in Massachusetts to keep colonists informed of British anticolonial actions and to plan colonial resistance or countermeasures.

(sometimes lowercase) any of various similar organizations formed for the same purpose during the late colonial period.

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Also called Correspondence Committee.

Origin of Committee of Correspondence

An Americanism dating back to 1760–70

Words nearby Committee of Correspondence

committal, committed, committed facility, committee, committeeman, Committee of Correspondence, committee of one, committee of the whole, Committee of the Whole House, committeeperson, committeewoman

How to use Committee of Correspondence in a sentence

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Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.
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The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
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We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.
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Tom Rust, a spokesman for the House Ethics Committee, declined to comment to The Daily Beast.
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Two days later he walked into the office of the printing firm with which he had been in correspondence.
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You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
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She made an end of her correspondence, and sat down to a delicious little supper alone; as she best liked to enjoy these treats.
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But Lessard's a overbearin' son-of-a-gun all round, and he's always breakin' out in a new place.
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Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
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