Editing Committees of correspondence (section)

===Virginia===
{{Further|Colony of Virginia}}
In early March 1773, [[Dabney Carr (Virginia assemblyman)|Dabney Carr]] proposed the formation of a permanent Committee of Correspondence before the [[History of Virginia|Virginia]] [[House of Burgesses]]. Virginia's own committee was formed on March 12, 1773.  Its members were [[Peyton Randolph]], [[Robert Carter Nicholas Sr.|Robert Carter Nicholas]], [[Richard Bland]], [[Richard Henry Lee]], [[Benjamin Harrison V|Benjamin Harrison]], [[Edmund Pendleton]], [[Patrick Henry]], [[Edward Digges#Descendants|Dudley Digges]], [[Dabney Carr (Virginia assemblyman)|Dabney Carr]], [[Archibald Cary]], and [[Thomas Jefferson]].<ref>[[#Schreeven|Van Schreeven & Schribner (1976)]]</ref>