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 ⓘ
intelligence agency ⓘ
organ of the Continental Congress ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
country United States (pre-independence American colonies) ⓘ
dissolved 1777-04-17 ⓘ
hasMainTask covert diplomacy ⓘ
foreign correspondence ⓘ
intelligence gathering ⓘ
maintaining secrecy of foreign negotiations ⓘ
securing foreign aid ⓘ
hasPolicy keeping proceedings secret from the full Congress ⓘ
headquartersLocation Philadelphia ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary War ⓘ
inception 1775-11-29 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
location Philadelphia ⓘ
member Abraham Clark ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
Benjamin Harrison V ⓘ
Button Gwinnett ⓘ
Caesar Rodney ⓘ
Carter Braxton ⓘ
Charles Carroll of Carrollton ⓘ
Charles Thomson ⓘ
Edward Rutledge ⓘ
Edward Telfair ⓘ
Elbridge Gerry ⓘ
Francis Hopkinson ⓘ
Francis Lewis ⓘ
George Clymer ⓘ
George Read ⓘ
George Ross ⓘ
George Taylor ⓘ
George Walton ⓘ
George Wythe ⓘ
James Lovell ⓘ
James Smith ⓘ
James Wilson ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
John Dickinson ⓘ
John Hancock ⓘ
John Hart ⓘ
John Jay ⓘ
John Morton ⓘ
John Penn ⓘ
John Witherspoon ⓘ
Joseph Hewes ⓘ
Lewis Morris ⓘ
Lyman Hall ⓘ
Matthew Thornton ⓘ
Oliver Wolcott ⓘ
linked to: Oliver Wolcott Sr.

Patrick Henry ⓘ
Philip Livingston ⓘ
Richard Henry Lee ⓘ
Richard Stockton ⓘ
Robert Morris ⓘ
Robert R. Livingston ⓘ
Roger Sherman ⓘ
Samuel Chase ⓘ
Samuel Huntington ⓘ
Stephen Crane ⓘ
Stephen Hopkins ⓘ
Thomas Heyward Jr. ⓘ
Thomas Johnson ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Johnson Jr.

Thomas Lynch Jr. ⓘ
Thomas McKean ⓘ
Thomas Nelson Jr. ⓘ
Thomas Stone ⓘ
William Hooper ⓘ
William Paca ⓘ
William Whipple ⓘ
William Williams ⓘ
notableWork arranging secret negotiations with France ⓘ
collecting military and political intelligence from Europe ⓘ
coordinating covert communications with foreign sympathizers ⓘ
recommending foreign agents and emissaries ⓘ
parentOrganization Second Continental Congress ⓘ
partOf Second Continental Congress ⓘ
replacedBy Committee of Foreign Affairs ⓘ
significantEvent authorization of secret correspondence with foreign powers in 1775 ⓘ
transition to Committee of Foreign Affairs in 1777 ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Department of Foreign Affairs → precededBy → Committee of Secret Correspondence ⓘ