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Unveiling the enigmatic Robert Townsend: From merchant to shadow patriot in the Culper Ring, shaping America's destiny through espionage.

This 4th of July, learn how James Monroe was still a teen when the colonies declared independence from Britain in 1776. Alexander Hamilton was 21.

Culper Spy Ring, also called Culper Ring, American intelligence organization that was put together and managed by Maj. Benjamin Tallmadge for the Continental Army during the American Revolution. It operated in British-controlled New York City from 1778 to 1783. The ring was named for the operational names of two of its members: Abraham Woodhull (code-named Samuel Culper) and Robert Townsend (code-named Culper, Jr.). It comprised several other agents, including Caleb Brewster, Austin Roe, Anna Strong, Hercules Mulligan, and Townsend’s paramour, known today only by her code name “355.” Be...

New research sheds light on Liss, who was enslaved by the family of a Culper Spy Ring leader and had ties to British spymaster John André

People, pick up information in manhattan, get it to a hotbed of resistance on long island and then to george washington in connecticut sometimes taking two weeks. at one point they learned the british had stolen the special paper the americans used to print their money and planned a >> he gets that word to washington, this paper is out and loose. washington quickly acts and decides to change the look of our currency from that day forward. >> the central figure in the ring was robert townsend, a dry goods her merchant. >> culper jr., george washington's secret six, if george washington had a mo...