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Robert Townsend (November 25, 1753 – March 7, 1838) [1] was a member of the Culper Ring during the American Revolution. He operated in New York City with the aliases "Samuel Culper, Jr." and "723" and gathered information as a service to General George Washington.
The greatest coup of the Culper Spy Ring was alerting Washington to a planned British attack on the French fleet landing at Newport, Rhode Island. With this timely piece of intelligence, Washington was able to bluff the enemy into believing he would attack New York City.
In June 1779, Woodhull engaged Robert Townsend to gather intelligence in New York City by using the alias "Samuel Culper Jr." [37] Townsend was involved in business there, and his presence would arouse less suspicion than Woodhull's visits.
Mar 21, 2022 · It started with Pennypacker, who proposed the existence of a female Culper spy, codenamed 355, who was also Townsend’s mistress. He suggested that she’d been arrested, imprisoned on the...
Dec 31, 2014 · The Culper Spy Ring was headed by Robert Townsend, a Quaker merchant and reporter, but the group members' identities were shrouded in secrecy, even from each other. From a tavern keep to a young longshoreman, these ordinary people carried out extraordinary—and extremely dangerous—work.
Apr 30, 2014 · It tells the story of Long Island's Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution. But it leaves out a key player- Robert Townsend.
Dec 15, 1985 · A LONG ISLAND spy who contrived to conceal his identity for a century and a half is being remembered this year. Robert Townsend of Oyster Bay, whose code name was Culper Jr., was by several...
Townsend, who knew he was coming, attempted to warn Tallmadge about possible raids into Connecticut. Woodhull forwarded the message with his own similar warning, but Tallmadge did not receive the warnings.
Robert Townsend had joined the spy ring by the summer of 1779, and sent his first report to Washington that June. His position as a merchant importing goods into Manhattan allowed his to visit coffee houses, shops, and the waterfront without attracting suspicion.
Mar 12, 2019 · If so, they were watching the wrong Townsend, although Robert, who visited the house frequently during the war, was only one of several spies under this roof: Ms. Bellerjeau has found a letter...
