The CULPER SPY RING by Joseph Reynolds

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The CULPER SPY RING

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THE CULPER

SPY RING

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THE CULPER SPY RING WAS CREATED

BY BENJAMIN TALLMADGE IN THE SUMMER OF 1778

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Informants used fake names and a numerical code book

consisting of seven hundred and sixty-three numbers representing words

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THEY WOULD COMMUNICATE USING

INVISIBLE INK MADE FROM LEMON ACID

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IT STARTED IN

NEW YORK

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ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SPIES WAS ABRHAM WOODHULL

HE WENT UNDER THE NAME SAM CULPER

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ABRAHAM'S FATHER WAS A WELL KNOWN JUDGE

HE SUPPORTED INDEPENDENCE

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ON ABRAHAMS FIRST MISSION HE WAS

ALMOST HUNG BY BRITISH OFFICERS

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IN 1778 ABRAHAM WAS ARRESTED FOR

DOING BUSINESS WITH THE BRITISH ARMY

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BEN CAME AND VISITED ABE AND FREE'D HIM

TO BE A SPY FOR THE PATRIOTS

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WOODHULL BEGAN SPYING

IN LATE OCTOBER

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ANOTHER RECRUIT WAS CALEB BREWSTER

HE WORKED FOR THE CONTINENTAL ARMY

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WHEN CALEB WAS A BOY

HE WORKED ON A WHALING SHIP

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BREWSTER WAS CREDITED WITH

BRITISH WHALE BOAT RAIDS

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AFTER THE WAR HE BECAME A COAST GUARD

HE RETIRED TO HIS FARM AND DIED IN 1827

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ABRHAM DIED IN 1826

IN HIS HOME TOWN SETAUKET

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BEN TALLMADGE DIED AT THE AGE OF 81

ON MARCH 7TH 1835

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