New Hampshire. Committee of Safety
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found: Its State of New-Hampshire. In Committee of Safety, April 10th, 1779. Ordered, that the following proclamation of the honorable Congress, 1779.
found: LC in RLIN, 11/10/87(hdg.: New Hampshire. Committee of Safety)
found: Laws of New Hampshire, 1904-1922:volume 4, page 575 (journal of the Committee of Safety; May 19th, 1775 a Committee of Safety, Apponted by the Congress)
found: National Archives online, viewed December4, 2014:Founders Online section (To George Washington from the New Hampshire Committee of Safety, 11 October 1775)
found: Committees of Protection, Correspondence and Safety of the various States Unied under and by the Constitution of the United States of America website, viewed December 4, 2014:(It was appointed anew by each Congress or by the Council and House of Representatives after the constitution of 1776 went into effect, and existed until May 29, 1784; On May 26, the following commission was given the Committee of Safety. It was empowered and directed in the recess of the Provincial Congress to take into consideration all matters in which the welfare of the Province in the security of its rights was concerned except the appointment of field officers, and to take the utmost care that the public sustained no harm. It was to carry out in whatever way it saw fit, those plans which the Congress had not intrusted to others; if any exigency required immediate attention, such as marching troops to repel an invasion, or directing the movements of the militia, either within or without the Province, or making use of any special opportunity for securing military stores or important posts, or preventing them from falling into the enemy's hands, the Committee was to take the most prudent and effectual methods to accomplish these or similar results. It was empowered to apply to the Committee of Supplies for the necessary stores, provisions, etc. It was thus an executive body for the Colony with large discretionary powers; The general powers of the New Hampshire Committee were supplemented by special duties delegated to it from time to time, by the Provincial Congress. The Committee interpreted its authority broadly, and did not hesitate to take the initiative in measures which the welfare of the Province seemed to demand. It was appointed anew by each Congress or by the Council and House of Representatives after the constitution of 1776 went into effect, and existed until May 29, 1784) - http://www.committee.org/PCOS12NewHampshire.htm
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1987-12-17: new
2015-01-06: revised
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