General Washington's Spies on Long Island and in New York

About this eBook

Author

Pennypacker, Morton, 1872-1956

Title

General Washington's spies on Long Island and in New York

Original Publication

United States: Long Island Historical Society, 1939.

Credits

Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E201: History: America: Revolution (1775-1783)

Subject

Long Island (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70129

Release Date

February 24, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.GENERAL WASHINGTON’S SPIES On Long Island and In New York
3. 3.LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.PREFATORY NOTE TO “THE TWO SPIES, NATHAN HALE AND ROBERT TOWNSEND.”
7. 7.CONTENTS
8. 8.ILLUSTRATIONS
9. 9.FOREWORD — FOOTNOTES to “FOREWORD”:
10. 10.NATHAN HALE — FOOTNOTES to “NATHAN HALE”:
11. 11.GENERAL WASHINGTON’S SPIES — FOOTNOTES to “GENERAL WASHINGTON’S SPIES”:
12. 12.SECRET SERVICE SECRETS — FOOTNOTES to “SECRET SERVICE SECRETS”:
13. 13.TOWNSEND’S PERSONALITY — FOOTNOTES to “TOWNSEND’S PERSONALITY”:
14. 14.SPIES AND SPIES — FOOTNOTES to “SPIES AND SPIES”:
15. 15.JOHN ANDRÉ AND ARNOLD’S TREASON PLOT — Simcoe Wished to Capture Washington — FOOTNOTES to “JOHN ANDRÉ AND ARNOLD’S TREASON PLOT”:
16. 16.ARNOLD AND ANDRÉ MEET — FOOTNOTES to “ARNOLD AND ANDRÉ MEET”:
17. 17.EYEWITNESSES EXPLAIN ANDRÉ’S CAPTURE — Benedict Arnold — FOOTNOTES to “EYEWITNESSES EXPLAIN ANDRÉ’S CAPTURE”:
18. 18.AFTERMATH — FOOTNOTES to “AFTERMATH”:
19. 19.CODES AND CAMOUFLAGE — FOOTNOTES to “CODES AND CAMOUFLAGE”:
20. 20.A CREW THAT DOUBLE CROSSED — FOOTNOTES to “A CREW THAT DOUBLE CROSSED”:
21. 21.NOTES AND AMPLIFICATION — CALEB BREWSTER — FOOTNOTES to “NOTES AND AMPLIFICATION”:
22. 22.INDEX
23. 23.Transcriber’s Notes

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