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On November 2, 1772, the Boston Committee of Correspondence was formed at a town meeting.  It was in response to the British government’s decision to pay the governor and Superior Court judges of Massachusetts with Crown stipends, thereby making them dependent on the Crown rather than the people. 

Statements, which became known as The Boston Pamphlets, outlined the colonists’ rights and the violation of those rights by Great Britain.  They were sent to many Massachusetts and New Hampshire towns.  Similar committees formed across Massachusetts and other American colonies, helping to create a network of colonial communication, ultimately leading to independence from Great Britain. 

The image you see to the right is an original letter from the New Hampshire group sent on December 9, 1773 to the Committee of Correspondence in Boston.  You can read the all of the minutes at the New York Public Library Archives and Manuscripts.