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21h 53min, mar 14, 1773 y - Committees of Correspondence

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In March 1773, the Virginia House of Burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a standing committee for intercolonial correspondence. Within a year, nearly all had joined the network, and more committees were formed at the town and county levels.

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21h 53min, mar 14, 1773 y
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~ 253 years ago

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