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emigration to England and Canada by, 192–93, 197

Hale and, 20–21, 25–26

on Long Island, 21, 25–26, 56, 75, 103, 182, 205

masquerading as, 112–14

in New York, 9, 42–43, 84–87, 93–94, 144–45, 153, 185, 191, 195

Peggy Shippen Arnold as, 86, 131

in Philadelphia, 131, 134–35

postwar concerns for spies who masqueraded as, 199–201, 202

Rivington’s spying among, 107–8, 177, 189–90, 220, 222

luxury goods, 45–46, 72

McLane, Allen, 130, 189

Manhattan, xviii, 1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 26, 34, 61, 87, 93, 139, 198, 206, 214

André in, 85–86

British capture of, 23, 31, 43–44, 73–74, 117

“Holy Ground” district in, 72–73

Patriot-held, 11–12

Townsend in, 72–73, 74–77, 79–82, 83–85, 106, 146–47, 149, 178, 186–88, 202, 224

Underhill boarding house in, 42, 46, 48, 57, 66, 67

see also New York, N.Y.

Mary (housekeeper), 212

Maryland, 9, 28

Massachusetts, 4, 6, 8, 17

fighting at Lexington and Concord in, 18, 36, 73

Patriot victories in, 5

Massachusetts Committee of Safety, 129

Mastic, N.Y., 182

Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States (Lee), 180

mid-Atlantic region, 27, 73

Montreal, 77

Montresor, John, 26

Morristown, N.J., 115

Mount Sinai, N.Y., 182

Mount Vernon, 202–3

Mulligan, Hercules, 115–16

Narragansett Bay, R.I., 122

Navy, French, 122, 188–90

New Brunswick, N.J., 28, 30, 197

Newburgh, N.Y., 197, 200

New Hampshire, 8

New Haven, Conn., 128, 130, 138, 169

New Jersey, 7, 27, 28, 110, 152, 180

New London, Conn., 21

Newport, R.I., 121, 125, 141

Newtown, 61, 82

New York, N.Y., 50, 90, 100, 105, 106, 115, 122, 123, 131, 152, 156, 177, 189, 210

Arnold in, 176

British in, xvi, 3, 13–14, 15, 19–20, 28, 34, 43–44, 49, 73–75, 93, 110, 113, 127, 132, 134, 136, 139, 145–46, 157, 177, 180, 185, 187, 191–93, 194–99

as British target, 5, 9

British withdrawal from, 199–201, 213

Culper letters from, 110–11

fashionable society in, 93–94

Loyalists in, 42–43, 84–87, 93–94, 144–45, 153, 185, 191, 195

merchants in, 45

strategic importance of, 5–7, 97, 190, 223

Townsend in, 80–82

Washington’s decision not to attack, 124–26, 182–83

Washington’s inauguration in, 205

Washington’s plans to recapture, 20, 85, 117, 119, 124, 147, 188, 191, 193–96

see also Manhattan

New York General Assembly, 70

New York Harbor, 3, 6, 38, 56, 93, 124, 125, 193, 197

New York Provincial Congress, 73

New York State, 27, 71, 73, 166

need for spy ring in, 33–34, 49–50, 120

northern, 77, 129

upstate, 138

North Carolina, 71, 107–8, 191

North Castle, 160–61, 164

North River, 100

Nova Scotia, 197, 202

Ohio River, 16

Oyster Bay, N.Y., xvi, xvii, xviii, 27, 61, 66, 67, 70, 74–75, 76, 85, 152, 205, 222, 224

Pacific Ocean, 214

Paris, negotiations in, 195–96

Park of Artillery, 26

Parliament, British, 17–18, 128, 131

opposition to American war in, 190–91

Patchogue, N.Y., 210

Patriots, xvi, 4, 5

Paulding, John, 158–60, 211

Pennsylvania, 7, 27, 28

Pennypacker, Morton, xv–xvii, 214, 222

Philadelphia, Pa., 4, 7, 28, 33, 39, 84, 86, 94, 104

Arnold in, 127, 130–34, 136–38, 189

British army’s abandonment of, 34, 130, 132

Continental Congress in, 18, 131

Loyalists in, 86, 131, 134–35

prison ships, 178

privateers, 65–66

prostitution, 48–49, 72–73

Providence, R.I., 4

Putnam, Israel, 60

Quakers, 72

Quebec, invasion of, 136–37

Queens County, 74

Queens County Militia, 74

Queen’s Rangers, 66–67, 75, 110, 152

Rall, Johann, 29–30

Rawdon, Lord, 48, 220

Revere, Paul, xvi

Rhode Island, 121, 124, 141

Rising Sun Tavern, 39

Rivington, James, xvii, 78, 84–85, 96, 117, 131, 205, 216

as American agent, 105–8, 177, 189–90, 220, 222

coffeehouse of, 85, 86, 135

Washington and, 202, 210

Robinson, Beverly, 154

Rochambeau, Count Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur de, 121

Rockaway Path, 10

Rodrigue Hortalez & Company, 120, 221

Roe, Austin, xvii, 9, 56–58, 60, 90, 93, 96, 123, 148, 177, 188, 216

postwar life of, 210–11

tavern of, 66, 135, 206, 211

Roe, Catherine Jones, 210

Roosevelt, Theodore, xvii

Ross, Betsy, xvi

Royal Gazette, 84–85, 86, 105–8, 199

Royal Navy, British, 8, 12, 56–57, 121

movements of, 111, 135, 195

Sackett, Nathaniel, 33, 34

Salem, Conn., 168

Saratoga, Battles of, 130

Savannah, Ga., 121, 191

British departure from, 192

Scott, Charles, 34, 50, 52, 58

Second Continental Light Dragoons, 38–50, 152, 168, 182

Second Partisan Corps, 180

Setauket, N.Y., xviii, 35, 46, 57, 62, 66, 70, 82, 90, 95, 111, 182, 186, 206, 210

Setauket Presbyterian Church, 212–13

Sheldon, Elisha, 152, 168

Shippen, Margaret “Peggy,” see Arnold, Margaret “Peggy” Shippen

Simcoe, John, 61, 66–67, 75–76, 77, 110, 152, 206

Smallwood’s Regiment, 28

Smith, Joshua Hett, 154–58, 175

social class, 92–93

Sons of Liberty, 17, 84, 210

Southampton, N.Y., 61

South Carolina, 117, 127, 191, 196

Spain, Florida held by, 16

Stamford, Conn., 23

Stamp Act, 17, 128

Stamp Act Congress, 17

Staten Island, 7, 8, 19, 48, 109, 115, 220

Strong, Anna Smith, 93

Strong, Selah, 93

Suffolk County, 35

Sugar Act, 17, 128

Supreme Court, U.S., 107

Sutherland, Captain, 154

Tallmadge, Benjamin, 55, 83, 206, 223

André’s capture and, 160–61, 163–65, 168–70, 172–73

Arnold and, 169, 178–79

on Arnold as risk to Culpers, 176–79

background and education of, 35–37

British raids on camp of, 89–90

as chief of intelligence, 58

code developed by, 90–93

concern for postwar safety of spies by, 199

Culper Ring commanded by, xvii, 57, 60, 80, 94, 109–11, 114–16, 215–16

Hale and, 21–22, 37

on New York return, 201–4

postwar life of, 211, 212

return to Long Island by, 204–5

and Second Continental Light Dragoons, 35, 38–40, 168, 182–83

Townsend’s delivery to, 193–94

Washington and, 119, 123

Woodhull and, 89, 114, 122, 124, 147–49, 183, 186, 192, 198, 222

Woodhull recruited by, 49–53, 56

Woodhull’s anxieties and, 64–65, 67, 102–3

Tallmadge, Benjamin (father), 35, 37–38, 204

Tallmadge, Samuel, 52

Tallmadge, Susannah Smith, 35

Tallmadge, William, 37–38

Tallmadge, Zipporah Strong, 37

Tallmadge family, 70

Tappan, N.Y., 172

taxes on American colonists, 17, 45, 128

Teller’s Point, 153

Templeton & Stewart, 72

Townsend, James, 112–15, 119

Townsend, Peter, 211

Townsend, Robert, 69, 71, 74–77, 91, 201, 202, 216, 220, 224

Agent 355 and, 87, 165, 173, 177–78, 211

on André’s death, 172–73

on British counterfeiting, 104–5

British impressment of, 192

character and personality of, 71–72

concerns in wake of Arnold’s escape, 176–79, 182

Continental Army and, 73–74

identification as “Culper Junior” of, xvi–xvii, 214

postwar concerns of, 199–200

postwar life of, 211–12

recruitment of, 77–80

resignation of, 115

resumption of spying by, 123–24

Rivington and, 105–8

spying career of, 83–85, 89, 94–97, 100–102, 112, 114, 135, 146–47, 149, 186–88