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Boston, April 9, 1773: Sir, The Committee of Correspondence of this Town have received the following intelligence ...

Boston, April 9, 1773: Sir, The Committee of Correspondence of this Town have received the following intelligence ...

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    This circular letter, printed by Boston's Committe of Correspondence, shares the proposal by Virginia's legislative assembly to expand the committee of correspondence network among the colonies, as a way of sharing information about "acts and resolutions of the British parliament...as may relate to, or affect the British colonies in America, and to keep up and maintain a correspondence and communication with our sister colonies."