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He was confused for a British sympathizer. He played along and reported what he learned. John Jay recruited him and to keep his cover they fake arrested him and he escaped and went back to the meeting again to report more info. He did this four more times or more without getting caught. Even his own parents believed he was a traitor to the American cause.

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The master mind behind the spy ring, Tallmadge told his team to communicate secretly with coded messages or dead drops and once they got the document out of the city, they were taken to his headquarters. The Culper Ring managed to gather intelligence for 5 years without losing a spy to Britain. They informed Washington of a British plan to ambush French Forces gathered at New Port, Rhode Island.

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A black slave that master let him assist the Continental Army got into Charles Cornwallis's camp by posing as a runaway slave loyal to Britain.  Cornwallis enlisted him to work as a British spy. In July 1781 he let Lafayette know that the British were marshaling their forces at Yorktown. He went back to his master and stayed a slave for several years until he was set free and renamed himself with the last name of Lafayette to thank him for helping him free.

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Often dubbed " America's First Spy", Hale was ferried across the Long Island Sound on September 16th, and went into Huntington and began surveying British Fortifications and encampments as a schoolmaster. He got caught and was executed and charged as an illegal combatant.

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Intelligence was passed on to her, and when she hung a black item, it told other members info was ready to be picked up. The number of white handkerchiefs told where it could be found. The information was eventually passed on to Washington.

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Spies On The Move !

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A mom from Philadelphia who eavesdropped on British Soldiers as they met in her parlor below, then stuffed notes about what she heard in buttons on her son's coat. The button were then sent to Washington. She alerted them that the British were planning to attack them at Valley Forge.