SPIES

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CULPER SPY RING

• The Culper spy ring replaced 763 Words, names and places with numbers
• This was used by the american spies to help communicate the locations of the British
• Two members were Abraham Woodhull and Robert Townsend
• Used Samuel Culper Sr. And Samuel Culper jr. As aliases.

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THE CODING

• The culper spy ring code was created and developed by Benjamin Tallmadge
• Only a few copies of the code were made
• It substituted different words by using numbers

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THE DANGERS OF BEING A SPY

• Spies that were caught were often punished
• One American spy, Nathan Hale was hanged without a trial in New York City
• In September of 1776

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THE ACHIEVEMENTS

• The culper spy ring achieved more than any other American or British
• intelligence network during the war
• Perhaps the greatest achievement of the Culper Spy Ring, was in 1780 when they
• Uncovered British plans to ambush the newly arrived French amry in Rhode Island

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INVISIBLE INK

• During the Revolutionary war, invisible ink was used as a form of secret writing
• Invisible ink was usually made out of ferrous sulfate and water
• The secret writing was placed between the lines of regular letters
• You could reveal inspvisible ink by applying heat or a chemical substance to the paper

RESOURCE PAGE

• history.com
• aphdigital.org
• mountvernon.org
• Wikipediea.com
• Clements.umich.edu