Editing Committees of correspondence (section)

===Maryland===
{{Further|Province of Maryland}}
The Province of Maryland became the eighth of the thirteen colonies to appoint a committee of correspondence on October 15, 1773.<ref name="CommitteesOfCorrespondence">{{cite web
|title=Committees of Correspondence (scroll down to Maryland Appoints...)
|website= Colonial Williamsburg.org
|url=https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/learn/deep-dives/committees-of-correspondence/
|access-date=September 11, 2024}}</ref> The Maryland committee stated that there was an "absolute necessity of a general and firm union of sister colonies to preserve common liberties", and called for a meeting of this union to be held in Philadelphia.<ref name="Warford-Johnston88">{{harvnb|Warford-Johnston|2016|p=88}}</ref>