Wilmington-New Hanover Safety Committee Minutes: 1774-1776

Leora H. McEachern and Isabel M. Williams, Editors
(147pp, clothbound)

From the Introduction:

"The minutes of the Wilmington-New Hanover Committee of Safety which are contained in this volume constitute an important segment of the political records of the community, because the Committee was its governing body for a brief period. As such, it was one of many like organizations throughout the colonies. During the early stages of the American Revolution, when old institutions were toppling, temporary expedients were called into being from time to time to fill the resulting voids. The committees of safety were one such expedient. These committees played an important role in a most critical period of our history."