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Committee of Secret Correspondence

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1 Committee of Secret Correspondence Arthur Lee We have the honor to be appointed by the Congress a Committee of Correspondence with the friends of America on the other side of the - .1 Our institution is with design to preserve secresy, &... Nov. 30, 1775
2 Committee of Secret Correspondence Arthur Lee By this Conveyance we have the Pleasure of transmitting to you sundry printed Papers, that Such of them as you think proper may be immediately published in England.We have written on the Subject of... Dec. 12, 1775
3 Arthur Lee Committee of Secret Correspondence France to assist may be depended on; but they are yet timid, and the Ministry unsettled. Turgot, lately removed, was the most averse to a rupture with England; his removal is of consequence. The... Jun. 1776
4 Committee of Secret Correspondence Arthur Lee By this conveyance we transmit to Silas Deane Esq. a Resolve of the Honble the Continental Congress of Delegates from the Thirteen United States of America, whereby you are appointed one of... Oct. 23, 1776
5 Committee of Secret Correspondence John Langdon We some time ago desired you to purchase two or three ships and send them to Virginia, or South Carolina, since which we have not had the pleasure of hearing from you, but hope that business is in... 1777
6 Committee of Secret Correspondence Robert Morris We have thought the expence of an Express warranted to carry you the inclosed, some of the contents demanding the most serious attention, & the quickest possible change in the situation of... 1777
7 Committee of Secret Correspondence Benjamin Franklin Congress relying on your wisdom and integrity, and well knowing the great importance of the case, have appointed you their Commissioner to negotiate a treaty of friendship & commerce with the... Jan. 1, 1777
8 Committee of Secret Correspondence Larkin Hammond You are to proceed with all the dispatch in your power with the Schooner Jenifer under your command to Nantes in France; on your arrival there, you are to apply to Mr. Thomas Morris if he should be... Jan. 2, 1777
9 Committee of Secret Correspondence Commissioners at Paris Captain Hammond having been detained longer than we expected, furnishes us with an opportunity of giving you the information we have since our last received from the Army, thro a Committee of... Jan. 9, 1777
10 Robert Morris Committee of Secret Correspondence The Sachem after going up the Bay & meeting with Ice went down to Cape May from whence the enclosed packet was sent to me by express. I had before recd an Acct. of the Piratical Conduct of Capt... Jan. 22, 1777
11 Robert Morris Committee of Secret Correspondence I have this day rec'd the enclosed letter from Mr. Bingham, & as our River now promises a speedy opening I shall send him a supply of News papers & intelligence.1 It may also be proper... Jan. 28, 1777
12 Committee of Secret Correspondence William Bingham As we shall write you shortly again our attention at present will be confined chiefly to your favor of Decemr. 6th 1776, in which you mention the misconduct of Capt. Patterson. We have laid your... Feb. 1, 1777
13 Committee of Secret Correspondence the Commissioners at Paris You will receive inclosed copies of our letters of the 21st and 30th Decemr., and of the Resolves of Congress accompanying them. It concerns us not less than we are sure it will you, that you... Feb. 2, 1777
14 Committee of Secret Correspondence the Massachusetts Council The number and vigilance of our enemies hath prevented us hitherto from sending the enclosed Despatches through these southern ports And since it is of the last importance to the American Cause... Feb. 3, 1777
15 Committee of Secret Correspondence Robert Morris The packets, with the papers inclosed, are left open for your perusal and signature, which done, be pleased to send them forward by the Express that brings them.You will please subjoin to our... Feb. 3, 1777
16 Robert Morris Committee of Secret Correspondence In complyance with your letter of the 3d Inst I dispatched that express to Boston with the Sundry letters for France Marked No. 1 and with them I sent the News Papers down to the day the Express... Feb. 11, 1777
17 Committee of Secret Correspondence Commissioners at Paris The events of war have not since our last furnished any thing decisive. The enemy’s army still remains encampt upon the Hills near Brunswick & our troops still continue to beat back their... Feb. 19, 1777
18 Robert Morris Committee of Secret Correspondence I have just received the enclosed letters by a Ship from Martinico, those from Paris are of an interesting nature notwithstanding Mr. Deane's fears & alarms from which I think he... Feb. 19, 1777
19 Committee of Secret Correspondence Henry Johnson You will receive herewith a packet directed to the Commissioners from the United States of America at Paris, and you are to proceed therewith (so soon as you have receiv'd your Letter of... Feb. 24, 1777
20 Committee of Secret Correspondence Commissioners at Paris We are commanded by Congress to transmit Copies of their Resolve of the 13 instant to all the Gentlemen abroad that hold correspondance with any of their Committees.1 The Necessity of Such a... Mar. 25, 1777
21 Committee of Secret Correspondence Commissioners at Paris I wrote you a few lines the 7th Inst. by Monsr Coleaux & sent you the News papers to that time; by this Conveyance I send another packet of them under Cover to Mr. Delap at Bourdeaux. There are... Mar. 28, 1777