commitees of correspondence

news was generally disseminated in hand-written letters that were carried aboard ships or by couriers on horseback. Special committees of correspondence were formed by the colonial assemblies and various lesser arms of local government.The Committees of Correspondence were formed throughout the colonies as a means of coordinating action against Great Britain. Many were formed by the legislatures of the respective colonies, others by extra-governmental associations such as the Sons of Liberty in the various colonies. In any case, the members of these organizations represented the leading men of each colony. It took some time, and finally an act as dramatic as the Boston Port Bill, to coordinate the colonies in action against Great Britain