Note 242 — Chapter I · (continued 2)

Wirt's Patrick Henry, 3d ed., p. 87, Life of R. H. Lee, i. 89; No. Amer. Rev., March, 1818; Randall's Jefferson, i. 80; Tucker's Jefferson, i. 52; Franklin's Works, viii. 49. Frothingham (Rise of the Republic, 284, 312, 327) traces the growth of the committee, and determines the time of appointing such a committee by each colony. The correspondence of the Rhode Island Committee is in the R. I. Col. Rec., vii. On the committee in New York, see Dawson's Westchester County, 10. Philadelphia appointed one May 20, 1774 (4 Force, i. 340). Sparks points out the distinction between the Committees of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety (Gouverneur Morris, i. 31).