Committee of Secret Correspondence
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The Committee of Secret Correspondence was a Revolutionary War–era body of the Continental Congress responsible for conducting covert diplomacy and intelligence-gathering on behalf of the American colonies.
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| Committee of Secret Correspondence canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4893122 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Committee of Secret Correspondence Context triple: [Department of Foreign Affairs, precededBy, Committee of Secret Correspondence]
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Committee of Ambassadors
The Committee of Ambassadors is a diplomatic body composed of the permanent representatives of member states of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States that prepares and oversees the implementation of decisions taken by the organisation’s Council of Ministers and Summit.
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Odessa Committee
The Odessa Committee was a leading 19th-century Zionist organization based in Odessa that coordinated Jewish agricultural settlement and immigration efforts to Palestine.
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Committee of General Defense
The Committee of General Defense was an early French Revolutionary governing body responsible for overseeing national security and internal order before being supplanted by more powerful institutions.
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Committee of Detail
The Committee of Detail was a five-member body at the 1787 Constitutional Convention tasked with drafting the first full version of the United States Constitution from the delegates’ resolutions.
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Committee of Secretaries (CoS)
The Committee of Secretaries (CoS) is a high-level inter-ministerial body in the Indian government that coordinates and resolves major policy and administrative issues across ministries before they go to the Cabinet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Committee of Secret Correspondence Target entity description: The Committee of Secret Correspondence was a Revolutionary War–era body of the Continental Congress responsible for conducting covert diplomacy and intelligence-gathering on behalf of the American colonies.
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A.
Committee of Ambassadors
The Committee of Ambassadors is a diplomatic body composed of the permanent representatives of member states of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States that prepares and oversees the implementation of decisions taken by the organisation’s Council of Ministers and Summit.
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B.
Odessa Committee
The Odessa Committee was a leading 19th-century Zionist organization based in Odessa that coordinated Jewish agricultural settlement and immigration efforts to Palestine.
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C.
Committee of General Defense
The Committee of General Defense was an early French Revolutionary governing body responsible for overseeing national security and internal order before being supplanted by more powerful institutions.
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D.
Committee of Detail
The Committee of Detail was a five-member body at the 1787 Constitutional Convention tasked with drafting the first full version of the United States Constitution from the delegates’ resolutions.
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E.
Committee of Secretaries (CoS)
The Committee of Secretaries (CoS) is a high-level inter-ministerial body in the Indian government that coordinates and resolves major policy and administrative issues across ministries before they go to the Cabinet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
committee
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intelligence agency ⓘ organ of the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States (pre-independence American colonies) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1777-04-17 ⓘ |
| hasMainTask |
covert diplomacy
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foreign correspondence ⓘ intelligence gathering ⓘ maintaining secrecy of foreign negotiations ⓘ securing foreign aid ⓘ |
| hasPolicy | keeping proceedings secret from the full Congress ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1775-11-29 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| location | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| member |
Abraham Clark
NERFINISHED
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Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ Benjamin Harrison V NERFINISHED ⓘ Button Gwinnett NERFINISHED ⓘ Caesar Rodney NERFINISHED ⓘ Carter Braxton NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Carroll of Carrollton NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Thomson NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Rutledge NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Telfair NERFINISHED ⓘ Elbridge Gerry NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Hopkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ George Clymer NERFINISHED ⓘ George Read NERFINISHED ⓘ George Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ George Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ George Walton NERFINISHED ⓘ George Wythe NERFINISHED ⓘ James Lovell NERFINISHED ⓘ James Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ James Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ John Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ John Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ John Jay NERFINISHED ⓘ John Morton NERFINISHED ⓘ John Penn NERFINISHED ⓘ John Witherspoon NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Hewes NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyman Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew Thornton NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Wolcott NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Henry Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Stockton NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert R. Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Huntington NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Crane NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Heyward Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Lynch Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas McKean NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Nelson Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ William Hooper NERFINISHED ⓘ William Paca NERFINISHED ⓘ William Whipple NERFINISHED ⓘ William Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
arranging secret negotiations with France
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collecting military and political intelligence from Europe ⓘ coordinating covert communications with foreign sympathizers ⓘ recommending foreign agents and emissaries ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Second Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Second Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Committee of Foreign Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
authorization of secret correspondence with foreign powers in 1775
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transition to Committee of Foreign Affairs in 1777 ⓘ |
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