Editing Committees of correspondence (section)

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[[File:Liberty Tree.jpg|thumb|The Boston Committee of Correspondence, which usually gathered at the [[Liberty Tree]] in [[Boston Common]]]]
The '''committees of correspondence''' were a collection of American political organizations that sought to coordinate opposition to [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British Parliament]] and, later, support for American independence during the [[American Revolution]]. The brainchild of [[Samuel Adams]], a [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] from [[Boston]], the committees sought to establish, through the writing of letters, an underground network of communication among Patriot leaders in the [[Thirteen Colonies]]. The committees were instrumental in setting up the [[First Continental Congress]], which convened in [[Philadelphia]] in September and October 1774.