In the American Revolution, committees of correspondence, committees of inspection, also known as committees of observation and committees of safety, were different local committees of Patriots that b
A July 4, 1776, notice sent by the Second Continental Congress to a Committee of Safety organized in Lancaster in the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania
Faneuil Hall in Boston, where a Committee of Safety convened on November 21, 1772
Committee of Sixty
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The Committee of Sixty or Committee of Observation was a committee of inspection formed in the City and County of New York, in 1775, by rebels to enforce the Continental Association, a boycott of Brit
Committee of safety (American Revolution)
…declaration of the Continental Association, a boycott of British goods, in October 1774. In New York City, it was called the Committee of Observation or Committee of Sixty. The focus of the committees was initially on enforcing the Non-importation Agreements, which aimed to hinder the import of British manufactured goods…
Fraunces Tavern in Lower Manhattan, meeting place of the "Committee of Fifty" on May 16, 1774