description: One of the very few works on Washington's secret service, this book remains the central study of espionage activities centering around New York during the American Revolution, identifying some twenty prominent families and family members under the leadership of Robert Townsend of Oyster Bay and Abraham Woodhull of Setauket, and including Anna Strong, William Floyd, Caleb Brewster, and others. The book includes major studies of Nathan Hale and the Benedict Arnold treason. Reprint of the original 1939 publication of the Long Island Historical Society. 2005: 302 pages, illustrated. Softcover. (Scholar's Bookshelf)
language: English
title: General Washington's Spies On Long Island And In New York
titlecomplete: General Washington's Spies On Long Island And In New York
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publisher: Scholar's Bookshelf