committee of inspection

'There is no starvation here,' the doctor said sternly, as if reporting on his hospital to a village committee of inspection.

The 1598 committee of inspection found twenty-one inmates then resident with only two of these having been admitted during the previous twelve months.

The Committees of Inspection used publicity as weapons to suppress disaffection and encourage patriotism.

Local committees of inspection were to be established in the colonies by which compliance would be monitored, through strong-arming local businesses.

In 1776 Davis served on the "Boston Committee of Inspection, Correspondence, and Safety.

The most valued entry will be awarded with the Keukenhof Award by the Regular Committee of Inspection.

In place of an 'assignee' came the 'trustee in bankruptcy'who was one of themselves, and responsible to a Committee of Inspection.

Chase was active during the Revolutionary War, serving on the town's first Committee of Correspondence and on its Committee of Inspection.

Following the recommendation of Congress in 1774, the Committees were replaced by elected "Committees of Inspection" with a subcommittee of Correspondence.

As difficulties with Great Britain worsened, and the Continental Congress formed, Cooke became chairman of the Providence Committee of Inspection.

Two televised debates were set by the Parliamentary Committee of Inspection on RAI, which had the goal of ensuring equal treatment for the two political sides.

After the First Continental Congress passed the non-importation agreements sanctioning trade with the British, Glover was elected to enforce the embargo as a member of the committee of inspection.

Chase was one of the area's largest taxpayers, and was prominent in civic affairs during the American Revolution, serving on the town's Committee of Correspondence and Committee of Inspection.

Adams also served as moderator of the Boston Town Meeting, which convened despite the Massachusetts Government Act, and was appointed to the Committee of Inspection to enforce the Continental Association.

Because of his rank he claimed authority but Benedict Arnold objected until the three man committee of inspection including Silas Deane from Congress told him he must allow Hinman to command.

The Committees of inspection and Committees of Safety that formed to enforce the Continental Association established a revolutionary infrastructure, similar to the Sons of Liberty in the early days of resistance.

He is believed to have served on the Committee of Inspection appointed in 1776 to "keep watch and ward" in Stratford, of which Monroe was then still part, and which bordered the vulnerable Long Island coast.

The typical response to an outbreak was undertaken by town officials, including daily surveillance of the inhabitants by a Committee of Inspection, fencing off of infected areas, moving infected people to pesthouses, inspecting cargo arriving into the town, and limiting out of town visitors.

Known to be a sword-toting patriot around the streets of Philadelphia, Matlack was active in the revolutionary politics of Philadelphia, serving on committees of inspection and observation, and attending the conference in June 1776 that called for a convention to draft a new state constitution.

Lewis Gunckel's maternal great grandfather, John Martin Shuey's father, was elected to represent the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Committee of Inspection to cooperate with the Continental Congress in the years preparatory to the American Revolution, although he died before the Declaration of Independence was signed.