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She was a very smart spy who used laundry as a signal to other spy's that information was ready to be collected. A black coat signaled there was information to be picked up and how many handkerchiefs directed the spy to were the information could be found.

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She would eavesdrop on British that would be in her parlor and write the important things on small notes and put them on her kids jacket. The kid would walk with his jacket directly to George Washington and give him the buttons.

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His spy careen began as a simple case of mistaken identity. His first time to spy was when he went to a loyalist militia and reported back to John Jay.  Even Crosby’s own parents believed their son was a traitor to the Patriot cause.

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Benjamin Tallmadge and the Culper Spy Ring

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Benjamin Tallmadge and the Culper Spy Ring

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The mastermind behind the Culper Spy Ring. One of their most significant achievements happened during the summer of 1780, when they told George Washington of a British plan to ambush French forces gathered at Newport, Rhode Island.

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A black slave who got his master's permission to assist the continental army. He gave the British false information that the patriots told him to tell the British.

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Often dubbed as America's first spy, was a graduate of Yale. He was caught by a loyalist pretending to be a fellow spy. He was hung on the morning of September 22, 1776. He died at the age of 21.