C-George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

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by Brian Kilmeade  Don Yaeger

So far of the secret six the only one I know is James Rivington.

We open with the stunning defeat and retreat at New York. Its only in close reading that one recognizes the extreme peril that Washington faced in the Revolution.

We begin with the hanging of Nathan Hale. "I regret that I have but one life...." Now thats devotion. Apparently there is a plaque commerating the spot were Lt. Hale was hung in Manhattan.

13% Ok this John Honeyman had a part to play in the Trenton New Jersey operation. Honeyman went to Col Rall and told of how he sawthe bedraggled and dispirited colonials and that there would be no way for them to advance.  The Col bought it and set the stage for the surprise of the early war.

14% Major Benjamin Tallmadge is to be the head od the new spy ring being put together by Washington. And the first one talked about is Abraham Woodhull.

21% Austin Roe and Caleb Brewster join the club.

22% They were to be known as the "Culper Ring" from Woodhull's alias Sam Culper.

23 % Invisible ink makes its appearance.  They would put a subtle F Or A somwhere on the paper to tell wether to expose the letter to fire or acid to reveal its secrets.

26% Robert Townsend joins the group.

31% Here we meet James Rivington. Publishing a partial newpaper for the King also doubling as a spy for the colonials.

Rivington's print shop and coffeehouse was the Barnes and Noble of the day. Also in attendance there was Maj John Andre'.

32% And we add a lady to the mix the infamous #355

48% Arnold begins planning to turn over West Point to the British.

52% Sep 1780 John Andre" goes forth to meet Arnold and plan the surrender. It is important to mention that Arnold may have been planning to surrender Washington with tbe fort if he was there. But the author reminds that Arnold was just in it for the money he really wasn't unpatriotic enough to care either way about Washington.

55% Dick move Arnold! Benny tricks his barge men Into rowing him out to the HMS Vulture under a flag of truce. Instead of bidding them a fond farewell he has them get on the sbip and tells them they are now prisoners.  Thats so Arnold.

58% Washington proposes a swap. You want Andre' back ok. Give me Arnold. They should have. But of course they would not. And a man of quality and character goes to the gallows in place of the cur that should have went.

59% Andre' requests death by firing squad as befitting an officer and a gentleman. Denied! Due to the fact that the British hanged Nathan Hale, Andre' would aslo be. He was buried in Tappan NY under the gallows for.forty years.  Then  the body was sent back to Englad and reinterred with honors.

End comments:
Interesting story of the secret spy ring of the Revolution. The only one who dissappeared waz the female agent 355. They never did find out what happened to her. The rest went on to live out their daus peacefully in a land that tbey helped.do bring about with their spying.