Chapter 26 of 27 · 3994 words · ~20 min read

Part 26

[70] A stone at the grave of Solomon Townsend, brother of Robert, is inscribed: “In Memory of Solomon Townsend, Member of the State Legislature from the City of New York, who departed this life on the 27th March, 1811, during the Session, aged 64 years 5 months and 2 days. The remains were transferred from Albany to this place Dec. 9th 1848.”

[71] Drowned Meadow is now called Port Jefferson, L. I.

[72] This letter says the captain was killed and only three or four of his 21 men wounded, while Coll. Tallmadge’s Memoirs, p. 75 says: “Nearly every man on board was either killed or wounded.” The fact that his memoirs were written fifty years after the event may account for this.

INDEX

Acker, Benjamin, 154

Almy, Deborah, 102

America shall be Mother of Nations, 104

Anderson, James, 117, written James instead of John, 117

Anderson, John, 117, 167

André, Maj. John, vi, 113, 114; hides doughnuts, 114; hanged, Oct. 2, 1780, 118, 123, 124; letter to Simcoe, 124; gets code letter, 126; planned capture of Gen. Washington, 136; returned to New York, 141; his letter to Clinton, 142; letter to Arnold, Sept 21, 1780, 143; mentioned, 186

Arbuthnot, Admiral Marriott, 55, 85, 152, 202, 267; off Sandy Hook, 278

Archdale, Capt., 96

Archibald, Capt., 141

Army’s situation, Feb. 1781, 272

Arnold, Benedict, 118, 144, 167, 177, 195, 195, 220, 223; writes Tallmadge, 116; influenced by British spies, 120; treason carefully planned, 120; asks Washington for real names of Culpers, 121; letter to Gen. Howe, 121; reply to Robert Howe, 123; began plotting in 1779, 125; writes code letter to André signed J. Moore, 126; wants Sheldon’s help, 128; sends Sheldon barrel of Rum, 128; letter to André signed Gustavus, 130; writes Sheldon and desires a meeting, 132; reply to Sheldon, Sept. 10, 1780, 132; starts to meet André, 135; writes to Tallmadge, 137; uneasy, 137; addresses Anderson, Sept. 15, 1780, 137; letter to Beverly Robinson, Sept. 18, 1780, 139; tried to obtain names of those helping Washington, 171; life at West Point, 171; flight, Sept. 25, 1780, 175; sketch, 181; invites Major Tallmadge to become a traitor, 196; success in Virginia, 272

Arnold, Benedict, Jr., 182

Arnold, Benedict, Sr., 181

Arnold, Betty, 182

Arnold, Edward, 177

Arnold, Elizabeth, 182

Arnold, Hannah, 182

Arnold, Henry, 182

Arnold, Mrs., 172, 176, 182

Arnold, Richard, 182

Arthur, Jesse, Block house on his farm, 194

Bad money returned to Washington, 270

Bancroft’s comment, 162

Barton, Gen., 236

Battery, guns mounted, 255; mounts 42 pieces, 267; refitting fortifications at, 250; work at the, 57

Battle of Bunker Hill. Simcoe in Boston, 123

Battle of Long Island, described by eyewitness, 233

Bay of Fundy, 206

Bayard’s Hill, 64

Bayles, John, headquarters, 70

Bayside, L. I., 10

Beacons and signals on L. I., 84

Bedford, L. I., 56

Bedford, Westchester Co., 33, 66

Benson, Lieut. Colonel, 175

Bergen County, 246

Birch, Col., appointed commandant of New York, 96; at Setauket, 95; at Southampton, 236

Birdsall, Benjamin, 8

Birdsall, Margaret, 8

Black Rock, 284; Brewster’s Farm at, 287

Black Rock Harbor, 287

Block Island, 202

Board in New York is £3 per week, 37, 238

Boatman forbid to cross, 99

Bolton, John. See Tallmadge, Major Benj., 11, 60, 83

Bown, Robert, of Shrewsbury, 273

Bowne, D., 10

Bowne, Hannah, 268

Bowne, John, of Flushing, 268

Bowne, Samuel, of Flushing, 268

Boyd, Ebenezer, relates the event, 155

Branch, troops there, 93

Brewster, Benjamin, 285

Brewster, Caleb, Letters: Feb. 26, 1779, 38; Aug. 18, 1780, 91; Aug. 21, 1780, 92; Aug. 27, 1780, 93; Nov. 13, 1780, 191; Feb. 14, 1781, 197, 273; Advised of necessary steps for safety, 254; attacked by Glover and Hoyght, 91; Boat fight, 286; captures another boat, 197; carries important message, 116; finds British works at Canoe Place, 38; finds Erskine at Southampton with 2500, 37; finds three redoubts at South and East Hampton, 37; makes post at Fairfield, 33; finds it necessary to kill a man, 91; took a prize, 191; takes 8 prisoners, 273; mentioned, 11, 14, 16, 31, 33, 81, 94, 116, 190, 191, 267, 283, 288; Sketch, 284

Brewster, Daniel, 285

Brewster, Hannah, 16

Brewster, Jonathan, 285

Brewster, Rev. Nathaniel, 285

Brewster, Sturges, 288

Brewster, William, of Plymouth, 285

British Boats mentioned by name: Amphitrite, 87; America, 87; Ardent, 40, 258; Argo, 224; Bedford, 87, 235; Camilla, 87; Centurian, 280; Colloden, 87; Confederacy, 278; Daphne, 52, 248, 250, 258; Defiance, 63, 263; Delaware, 52, 237, 244, 248; Europa, 55, 57, 63, 87, 258, 263; Experiment, 56; Fox, 287; Grand Duke, 85; Greyhound, 53, 249; Halifax, 38; Hunter, 63; LeBlond, 53; Loyalist, 73; London, 87; Lioness, 264; Lord Townsend, 237; Lion, 280; Oliver Cromwell, 73; Perseus, 263; Prudent, 87; Rainbow, 40, 249, 258; Raisonable, 53, 63, 243, 249, 263; Renown, 57, 63, 250, 263, 267; Richmond, 235; Rising Sun, 87; Romulus, 40, 48, 52, 248, 249, 263; Roebuck, 63, 235, 263; Robuste, 64, 87, 263; Rose, 41; Royal Oak, 87; Russel, 55, 57, 63, 263; Scorpion, 38, 86; Shrewsbury, 87; Solebay, 64, 264; Swan, 87; Towey, 64; Vulture, 139, 141, 148, 151, 152, 179

British Fleet has sailed from Gardiner’s Bay, 94

Brookhaven, L. I., 16, 31, 239

Brooklyn, Large Fort at, 57; work on the fort at, 58; carrying forage to, 257

Brooklyn Ferry, 10, 35, 55, 236; British carrying hay to, 66; teams from Queens Co. ordered to, 264

Brown at Bergen in provost on suspicion, 240

Brown, Monfort, 69

Brown, Philip, 86

Brush, Major, 198, 245, 274

Buchanan, Thos. & Co., 8

Bunker Hill, Repairing Fort on, 57

Burgoyne, General, 171, 211, 235

Burr, Aaron, defends E. Dayton, 254

Burroughs, Major. His testimony regarding André, 153

Bushwick, Hessians at, 74

Buskearks Regiment, 236

Bute, Lord, 53

By all means be upon your guard, 90

Byron, Admiral, 48, 235, 256

Colquhoun, Joseph, his narrative, 145; continues narrative, 151

Campball, Brig. Gen., 235

Canada, 75

Canoe Place, 37

Carleton’s Aides, 206

Carleton, called a tyrant, 204, 280

Carleton’s finger will be heavier than Clinton’s thigh, 280

Carolina, 46, 53, 267

Cattle come from Connecticut and East Jersey, 264

Cathcart, Lord, at Southampton, 236

Catholics, Scotch Roman, 248

Cedar Swamp, 188

Charleston is fixed on, 261; troops destined for, 262; Fleet going to, 206; British sail for, 263; Capitulation of, 9; troops expected at New York, 280; mentioned, 265

Clarke, George, 102

Clarke, John, 95

Clinton, Gen. George, 8, 155

Clinton, Governor, 67, 163

Clinton, Sir Henry, 53, 65, 73, 91, 125, 179, 186, 186, 188, 198, 211, 213, 237, 244, 262, 263, 264, 267; at Oyster Bay, 68; among the carpenters, 137; between Whitestone and Jamaica, 90; His apology, 85; gone to New York, 94; £400 raised for, 65; with 240 horse escorted through Setauket, 91; misguided and bewildered by Washington, 213; informs Burgoyne that there will be no British Army to meet him at Albany, 215; orders all fields of wheat burned, 244; dissatisfied with Arnold, 272

Clove or Ramapo Pass, 214

Cobble Hill, 57

Code, first that Culpers used, 41; Codes, 209; code Culpers used, 218; code messages, 252

Coffee House, 12

Colden, Cadwalader. His daughter Mrs. Elizabeth DeLancey, 165

Coles, John Butler, 8

Coles, Rebecca, 103

Collier, Sir George, 40, 53, 56

Collin, Sir George, 258

Colonel Hay’s landing place, 147

Colquhoun, Samuel, 144

Columbian Centinal article by Washington, 212

Conklin, Capt. Cornelius, 178, 245, 274; captured, 195

Connecticut, 247

Cooley, William, confirms Jameson’s statement, 154

Cooper, James Fenimore, “The Spy”, v, 44, 113

Coram, British troops there, 89, 93; mentioned, 195, 286; forage at, 191

Cork fleet is expected, 188

Cork fleet arrived at the Hook, 202

Cornwallis, Charles, Lord, to take troops, 68; mentioned, 53, 187, 188, 263

Cortlandts Manor, 81

Council of Appointment, 4

Counterfeit money, 95; to pay taxes with, 266

Counterpart of the Stain, 264

Cow Bay, 221

Cow Neck, 100

Cowneck Point, 86

Crane’s Island, 151

Crompound, 155

Crom’s Island, 151

Crosby, Enoch, v

Croton, Paulding captured at, 167

Cruger, Nicholas, beats James Rivington, 7

Culper Junior, mentioned, 1, 4, 45, 88, 101, 112, 117, 184; again engaged, 90; again in New York, 198; back in New York, 275; makes special visit to Senior, 276; his British uniform, 204; note addressed to Floyd, 82; Culper’s reports, 3; meets with Woodhull without attracting suspicion, 8; almost betrayed, 198; Letters: June 29, 1779, 45, 247; July 15, 1779, 50 and 248; July 29, 1779, 52; Aug. 6, 1779, 54 and 249; Sept. 11, 1779, 55; Sept. 29, 1779, 254; Oct. 9, 1779, 255; Nov. 3, 1779, 68; Nov. 27, 1779, 71, 224; Dec. 27, 1779, 7, 263; July 20, 1780, 82; Aug. 23, 1780, 267; Oct. 20, 1780, 186; May 5, 1782, 203; Sept. 19, 1782, 206

Culper Senior, 2; First Judge of Suffolk Co., 3; trusts Washington will overlook imperfections, 39; says “be everywhere upon your guard”, 40; pleased with curious ink, 42; robbed, 43; searched and robbed, 62; agrees to advance Washington the money needed for the secret service work, 199; examined at Brooklyn Ferry, 201; fears handwriting may betray him, 244; to see Junior 12 miles from Setauket, 259; meets British force under Col. Burch, 259; says “not the breadth of your hand between me and death”, 260; Col. Floyd, 260; would kill Simcoe, 262; Letters: Oct. 31, 1778, 32; Nov. 23, 1778, 34; Feb. 26, 1779, 37; Apl. 10, 1779, 39; Apl. 12, 1779, 41; Apl. 29, 1779, 43; June 5, 1779, 43 and 241; June 20, 1779, 44; June 30, 1779, 45; July 9, 1779, 47; July 15, 1779, 50; Aug. 12, 1779, 54, 251; Aug. 15, 1779, 55, 252; Sept. 19, 1779, 62, 253; Oct 10, 1779, 62; Oct. 26, 1779, 65, 257; Oct. 29, 1779, 65; Nov. 5, 1779, 69; Nov. 13, 1779, 70, 259; Nov. 29, 1779, 71; Dec. 12, 1779, 72, 262; Feb. 27, 1780, 73; Mar. 13, 1780, 74, 264; April 18, 1780, 75; April 23, 1780, 75; May 4, 1780, 77; June 10, 1780, 79; July 20, 1780, two, one to Washington and one to Caleb Brewster, 83; Aug. 6, 1780, 88; Aug. 16, 1780, 90; Sept. 1, 1780, 94; Sept. 5, 1780, 95; Sept. 12, 1780, 96; Sept. 18, 1780, 99; Aug. 27, 1780, 266; Oct. 14, 1780, 187, 270; Oct. 26, 1780, 187; Nov. 12, 1780, 189; Sept. 27, 1780, 194; Oct. 8, 1780, 194; Nov. 28, 1780, 271; Dec. 24, 1780, 195; Feb. 8, 1781, 197, 272; Mar. 18, 1781, 198, 275; April 23, 1781, 198, 275; May 8, 1781, 201, 276; May 19, 1781, 201; May 27, 1781, 202, 277; June 4, 1781, 202, 278; June 27, 1781, 202; July 5, 1782, 204, 279; July 5, 1783, 207

Cunningham, William, 165

Custis, G. W. P. wrote: “the gold paid for the secret service was of inestimable value”, 16

Danbury, 37

Danes, ship belonging to, 190

Danolson, Fade, 66

Darby, Admiral, 272

Davidson, Capt. William, 280

Dayton, Ebenezer, ducked at East Hampton, 254

Dean, Capt., 225

Deane, Mr., 43

Deane, Silas, 51

Deceptive letters, 213

DeLancey’s brigade at Lloyd’s Neck, 250

DeLancey, Brigr. Gen., 86

DeLancey, James and the Cow Boys, 160; attempt to capture, 164

DeLancey, John Peter, who married Elizabeth Floyd, 165

DeLancey, Mrs. Elizabeth, 165

DeLancey, 236, and Mr. McAdams would sell their estates, 239

DeLancey, Major, 220, 221

DeLancey, Nancy, 165

DeLancey, Ol., 85 (footnote 22)

DeLancey resides at Jamaica, 250

Delavan, Capt., 157

Delaware Bay, 249

Dennis, Capt., 287

DeRiedesel, 224

D’Estaing, 235, 261; expected, 255; reported in Delaware Bay, 257

DeWurmb, 220

Dictionary, 54

Diehl, Daniel, 78

Digby, protection from, 284

Dobbs’ Ferry, 135, 137

Dragoons posted 15 miles apart, 11, 88

Dragoons, 17th Regiment of, 94; at Musqueto Cove, 188; at Hempstead, 190, 256

Drake, Colonel Gil, 156, 166

Drowned Meadow, 93

Duke de la Rochefoucault, Liancourt, 124

Duke of Athol’s Regiment, 40, 48

Dusenberry, Richd., 166

Duyckenik, Christopher, 50, 249

East Chester, 167

East Haddam, Conn., 1

East Hampton, L. I., 37, 81; boys deck Dayton, 254

Elizabeth, 236

Elizabeth Town, 240; troops land near, 9

Emmerick, 236

England, Packet sailing for, 206

English fleet, about 75 sail left Sandy Hook, 272

Erskine, Sir Wm., 113; fortifying at Southampton and building boats, 237

Estaing, Charles Henry, Count d’, 48, 65

Eustice, Dr., 177

Expenses for self and horse considerable, 100

Fairfield, 33, 37, 81, 226, 287

Fairlie, James, 287

Faller, Pero, 166

Fanning’s Regiment, 94, 266; at Lloyd’s Neck, 69; at White Stone, 247

Fish, Jubis, has boats at Horse Neck, 93

Fishkill, 107, 144, 159, 197

Floyd Family, 15; Benjamin, 82; Elizabeth, v; Elizabeth, the mother of Mrs. James Fenimore Cooper, 165; Mary, who married Major Tallmadge, 165; Colonel, 37; Col. Benjamin, robbed, 66, of service to Whig interests, 67; Col. after E. Dayton, 253; Culper likely to stand in need of his services, 238; returned on his Parole, 238

Flushing, L. I., 14, 38, 102, 190, 268; Major André at, 125; Browns regiment at, 74; a regiment of Horse at, 57; 1000 Hessians at, 271; Yaigers at, 236

Flushing Heights, 85

Foreword, 1

Fort Putnam, 152

Fort St. George, 191; Capt. Hazard going there, 202

Forts nearly completed, 255

Fort Washington strongly fortified, 255

Fortifying L. I. opposite Frog’s Point, 267

Fortifying the Heights of Harlem, 267

France, Large fleet sailing from, 196

Franklin, John, 8

Franks, David S., 172

Franks, Major, 145, 176, 178

French Fleet, mentioned, 69, 206, 253; arrives off Rhode Island, 81; second division to arrive, 90; steering for the Continent, 255

Frigate sank off Helgate, 271

Frog’s Neck, 84

Gallows Point, Cannonade from, 151

Gambier, Admiral, 40

Gardiner’s Bay, fleet there, 190; British Fleet sails from, 94

Gardiner’s Island, 87

Gardner, Sergt. Robert, 137

Gazette, Royal, 12; tells of John Paulding’s capture, 165

Genealogy--Townsend, 268

General Assembly of New York, 104

Gentlemen stand soldier like, 280

Georgia, mentioned, 56, 64, 69, 237, 238, 224, 252, 256, 261, 280; no late accounts from, 58, 258; troops for, 256

Glover and Hoyt, 93

Gordon, Lord Charles, 265

Governor’s Island, 64; repairing works, 255

Graves, Admiral, arrives in New York, 81

Great Neck, 10

Green Farms, 88

Green, General, announces Arnold’s treason, 119

Green, Genl. Nathaniel, letter to Coll. Wadsworth, 181

Greene’s, Genl., lines at Brooklyn, 108

Greenland, 285

Grinell, Capt., 241

Guard boats kept out, 250

Guilford, 88

Gustavus letter, 138

Hale, Nathan, where he was captured, 20; Enoch Hale recorded that “Nathan, being suspected by his movements that he wanted to get out of New York was hanged,” 20; John Hale entered in the town records of Coventry, “Capt. Nathan Hale was taken in the City of New York and executed,” 20;

## Chapter I, pages 19–29;

mentioned, vi, 1, 30, 111

Halifax, mentioned, 40, 48, 64, 68, 237, 248

Hammond, Sir Andrew, arrives, 255

Hamilton, Alexander, mentioned, 4, 54, 61, 125; acts for Washington, 84; his opinion of plot to capture Washington, 136

Hamilton, Coll. (Alexander), 177

Hamilton, Coll. (British), 84

Hampton Roads, 188

Handwriting, 3

Handkerchief full of gold, 163

Hanly, Lieutenant, 283

Harrison’s Brewery, 258

Hartford, mentioned, 95, 168, 177, 182

Haverstraw, 153

Haverstraw Bay, 148

Hawkins, Jonas, 11, 55

Hazard, Capt., 202

Heath, Genl., 84, 92, 99

Heath, General William, letter from Washington, 179

Hempstead Bay, 86

Hempstead Harbor, 259

Hempstead Plains, 85

Hempstead, 17th Dragoons at, 62, 74, 271

Heron, William, otherwise Hiram, the British Spy, 128, 198, 220, 230

Hessians at Brooklyn Ferry, 35

Hessian Regiments, 56, 267

Hessian Yeagers at Jericho, 190

Hessian Yeagers at Oyster Bay, 190

Hewlet, Col. remains on Lloyd’s Neck, 38

Hewlett, Col. Richard, 226

Hicks Boat, 10

Hicks, John, 102

Hicks, Mary, 102

Higday, George, 45, 47, 246

Hiram, 219 (see Heron)

Hobart, John Sloss, 110

Hopkins, Benedict Arnold’s chum in Boston, 182

Hopkins, C. D., marries Elizabeth Arnold, 182

Horseneck, 101

Horses not sold yet, 280

Hospital Ship destroyed by fire, 74

Hot Press in New York, 190

Houghton Mifflin Company, 4

Howe, Genl., 93, 157, 211

Howe, Robert, his letter to Arnold, 122

Howe, Genl. Robert, innocently betrays his spies to Arnold, 122

Howel, George (Aiqlai Bqyim), 95

Howel, a particular friend of Tryon, 270

Hubbel, Capt., 283

Hubbel, Major, at Lloyd’s Neck, 279

Hubbell, Lieut., 176

“Hugo,” by Mrs. Smith, 213

Hulce, Joseph, 66

Hulet, Coll., 245

Humphreys, Major, 97, 267

Hunter, Elijah, sent to Arnold, 134

Huntington, 43, 94, 226, 241, 256, 262, 284

Huntington Bay, 87

Huntington has Coll. Ludlow’s, Gov. Brown’s and Coll. Fanning’s Regiments, 259

Huzzars, 94

Imprisoned, Several friends, 189

Independence offered, 203

Inspector of Letters at Brooklyn Ferry, 55

Intercepted Messages, 213

Jackson, T. T., Account of the capture of Fort St. George, 192

Jamaica. A guard for the General there, 57; Col. Ludlow there, 203; commanding officer of Kings Forces at, 86; Coll. Fanning’s Regiment at, 74; DeLancey there, 250; Regiment of Highlanders there, 38; Troops at, 190; 200 men left at, 236; mentioned: 14, 102, 284

Jameson, Colonel John, mentioned, 117, 162, 167, 178; His letter to Washington, 162

Jameson, William, His record of meeting André, 154

Jarvis, Capt., 93

Jay, James, furnishes ink for spies, 51; his letter to Washington, 210

Jay, John, mentioned, 44, 51, 210; his code from Entick’s Dictionary, 215

Jericho, mentioned, 103, 194; Queens Rangers at, 62; second Battalion of Skinner’s Brigade at, 74

Jerusalem South, 69

Johnson, Capt., 287

Johnstone, Capt., killed, 283

Jones, E., 70

Jones, General, 236

Jones, M. Genl., 51

Jones, Thomas, his account of the Setauket affair, 230

Keirs, Major, 144

Kelly’s House, 70

Ketchak, Lieut., killed, 195

King, Absalom, of Long Island, 181

King, Anna, 268

Kings Bridge, 85, 97, 168, 236, 264

King’s Ferry, 134, 148

Kip’s house. André dines there, 141

Kissam, Major John, 84

Knyphausen, 236, 264

Knox, Secretary, 288

Lafayette, 84; escapes snare laid by Arnold, 121

Lake George, 124

Lamb, General John, 7

Lambert: Cornelius Lambert, Lambert Lambert and Henry Lambert, the ferrymen, 154

Laurel Hill, 85

Laurens, John, 125

Lawrence, Edward, 269; Effingham, 10, 268, 269; Henry, 269; Joseph, 10, 268; Lydia, 269; Mary, 269; Major, 110; Richard, 268; Robert, 269; Townsend, 269; William, 269

Lawrence Hewlett’s Point, 86

Leer, Tobias, 177

Leland, General, 259

Leslie, General, 236

Letter folded very small, 97

Letters, necessity for destroying them, 241

Lewis, Anne, 287

Lewis, Jonathan, 287

Light House, strong fort there, 255

Lions, P., 70

Liquid for secret letters hard to get, 43

Little Neck, 269

Livingston, James, letter to Arnold, 137; forwards Robinson’s letter, 139; has a word, 154

Livingston, William, 160

Lloyd, Margaret, 16

Lloyd’s Neck, British carry hay to, 66; Col. Ludlow’s Regt., there, 74; Colden’s Volunteers at, 271; DeLancey’s brigade there, 57; Lloyd’s Neck has Col. Ludlow’s, Gov. Brown’s, and Col. Fanning’s Regiments, 259; troops called from, 79; Jersey Volunteers leave, 203; mentioned, 46, 89, 90, 262

Location of British, 280

London, 285

Long Clove, where André met Arnold, 150, 152

L. I. Troops on west end, 256

Lord Cathcart’s Legion at Jericho, 259; at Oyster Bay, 259

Lord Rawdon’s Corps, 64

Lord Rhoden’s Regiment, 236

Lower Salem, 117

Loyalists, American, 124

Loyalists setting off for Nova Scotia, 281

Ludlow, Col., has left Lloyd’s Neck, 203

Ludlow, Col., Regiment, 245

Ludlow’s Regiment at Lloyd’s Neck, 194, 236

Luzerne, Chevalier, 177

Lyme, 88

Lyons, Parsons, 95

Mandeville, James, 166

Mansfield, Margaret, wife of Benedict Arnold, 182

Marshall quotes Lafayette, 121

Martin, Gov., 263

Martin, Henry H., 268

Masks to disguise letters, 215

Mastic, 191

Mathews to sail for Europe, 90

Mathews, Gen., 189, 236

Mayflower, 285

McAdams would sell his estate, 239

Mernaid, Capt., 247

Middletown, 95

Milford, 280

Miller, Andraes, 156

Millers Place, troops there, 93

Mitchill, Dr., 287

Monroe, Harriet, 268

Montaigne, 214

Moody, clever British Spy, 126; and Arnold’s code letter offering to betray West Point, 215; Moody meets Heron, another British Spy, at West Point, 127

Moore, George, 102

Moore, John (alias B. Arnold), 126

Morris House, 85

Morris, Robert, code letters, 216; gets gold for secret service, 216

Mount Misery, Militia to drive, 254

Muirson, 91; betrays Howell to Woodhull, 270

Muirson, Heathcote, 286

Mulford, Col. at East Hampton, 111

Musqueto Cove, 188

Newburgh, 174, 204

New Haven, 88, 95, 171, 182, 191

New London, 16, 42, 88; Union School, 1

Newport, 63, 168; used similar signals to those on Long Island, 15; harbor, 84

Newtown, L. I., 38; 54th regiment at, 74; 200 Grenadiers at, 271

New York, 38, 85, 90, 188, 189, 196, 244, 259, 264; Custom House, 288

Nicoll: Annie, 269; Benjamin, 269; Charlotte, 269; Delancey, 269; Dr., 35; Edward Holland, 269; Henry, 269, 279; Mary Townsend, 269; Samuel Benjamin of Shelter Island, 269; Solomon Townsend, 269

North Castle, 89, 96, 101, 167, 168; Church, 157

North, Lord, 56

Norwich, 182

Norwich Hill, L. I., 85

“Not long since there was not the breadth of your finger betwixt me and death”, 71

Oakman, Henry, 54

Oakman & Townsend, 54

Odells, Mr., 130

Officers out with hounds every day, 93

Onderdonk, Henry, vi; gives details of Setauket “Battle,” 229

Orange County, 103

Orange Town, 91

Osborne, J., 129

Outram, Ship, from London, 182

Oxen demanded by British, 65

Oyster Bay, 4, 30, 35, 57, 68, 94, 101, 124, 136, 141, 220, 258; Foot belonging to Legend at, 62; German Huzzars at, 74; Heron captured near, 220; Coll. Simcoe at, 38, 94, 236; Col. Simcoe going to leave, 253; Yeagers and Germans at, 271

Paper, British get for counterfeiting, 71

Paper from Philadelphia for Counterfeit money, 261

Paper. What Tallmadge had was too poor to use, 194

Parish, Dr. Matthew, 104

Parker, Admiral, 260, 261

Parsons, Genl. Samuel H., 96, 133, 197, 198, 219, 220; demands surrender of Setauket church, 229; captures horse-blankets, 226; was to be a second Arnold, 220; sends letters and British spies to Benedict Arnold, 120; introduces Heron, the British Spy, to B. Arnold, 127; letter of Feb. 17, 1781, 274

Patterson, Genl., 53; to sail for Europe, 90

Paulding, John, 167; brings spy to headquarters, 118; his narrative, 160; among the prisoners, 166; monument near Peekskill, 164

Payne, John Howard, with the parents when Edgar Poe was born, 183

Peekskill, 155

Penobscot, 53; American Fleet at, 56

Petticoat and Handkerchiefs, 15

Philadelphia, Pa., 37, 173, 182, 238

Phillips, General, 276; is dead, 278

Pierce, G. M., quoted, 17

Pierson, Mr., 214

Pine’s Bridge, 158

Poe, David, Jr. and Sr. of Baltimore, 183

Poe, Edgar Allan, 183

Poe, Mrs., 183

Poers, Captain, 224

Port Jefferson shot up by Stephen Smith, 278

Portsmouth, 258

Powles Hook, 235

Presbyterian Meeting House, Setauket, 226

Prescot, Genl., Express from, 253

Prince of Wales American Regiment at Jamaica on way to Huntington, 69

Provincial Convention, 30

Provost, Genl., 48

Putnam, Coll. Barge Crew, 135

Putnam, General, 37, 107, 139, 141; his orders to Parsons, 226

Quebec, 56

Queens County Loyalists, 226

Queens County Militia, 85, 86

Queens Rangers, 53, 90, 124, 251, 266; at Oyster Bay, 57, 236, 256; marched from Oyster Bay to André’s aid, 163; at Jamaica, 194; at Jericho, 256

Ramsay, Coll., 73

Rathbone, Sarah, 268

Rawdon, Lord Francis, captures Tallmadge’s baggage and money for the Culpers, 46; mentioned, 53

Raynham Hall at Oyster Bay, 103

Remsen’s, Colonel, regiment, 108

Rhea, Lieutenant, 283

Rhode Island, 85, 90, 116, 235, 237, 244, 253, 256, 258, 267

Riedesel, Mme., entertains Major André and General Clinton, 141

River Head, British troops there, 89

Rivington, James, Sketch, 5; His Coffee House, 7; in Jail, 7; mentioned, 13, 265; His paper, 165, 249

Robbers, 241

Robertson, Gov., 220

Robinson, Capt., 173

Robinson, Coll. Beverly, 149, 175; his letter Sept. 19, 1780, 141; a confidant of André, 125

Robinson, General, 186

Robinson, Genl. (Jimmy), to command in Virginia, 278

Robinson House, 121, 172

Robinson’s Regiment, 236, 267

Robinson, William T., Culper’s assistant, once owned property, 421 E. 61st St., N. Y., 10; his letters, June 7, 1780, 9; Dec. 31, 1779, 10; June 24, 1780, 265

Rochambeau, Count, 168; arrives at Newport, 84

Rodney, Admiral, 190, 196

Rodney, Sir George, fleet arrives, 99, 135