The Committees of Correspondence were a hugely influential but overlooked part of early American history. The brainchild of Sam Adams, committees of patriots were set up in hundreds of towns to share patriotic ideas with one another. They were ingeniously simple to set up: any group of patriots in a town could quickly create a committee and join the vast Committees of Correspondence network, keeping all Thirteen Colonies quite literally on the same page.
The Committees were the driving force behind the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride, and the Continental Congress. Once their mission was fulfilled, they disbanded and were largely forgotten by the general public.
Today, patriots and conservative grassroots organizations need to coordinate their efforts again to have greater reach, efficiency and influence.
Here are some resources to get you up to speed on the Committees of Correspondence and how they can streamline and combine efforts of patriotic groups, uniting us once again in liberty.
- History: learn about the influence this had on our country.
- Mission: learn about issuing Proclamations to the public, and communicating with other Committees.
- Operating an individual Committee: read about roles, rules, code of conduct, and how a Committee operates and see a sample Proclamation.
- The Committees of Correspondence network: see the entire plan in action and how it can help save the country.