Part 27
Roe, Austin, 13, 31, 61, 81, 89, 190, 202; The “Paul Revere” of New York, 82; How his leg was broken, 61
Rogers, Capt., 245
Rogers, Coll., 124
Rome, John, 50, 51
Ruggles, Nathaniel, mentioned, 4
Russia, ships belonging to, 190
Russian Ambassador, 202
Rustdorf, 102
Sag Harbor, v
Salem, 167, 169
Samuel Culper Junior, hopes and expects all his letters are destroyed, 187
Sandy Hook, 195, 235; hulks sunk there, 258
Saw Mills used by enemy, Culper would destroy, 245; Located: Humphrey Avery’s at West Neck, 245; Botts at Smithtown, 245; Havens at Moriches, 245; Samuel Phillips at Smithtown, 245; Caleb Smiths at Smithtown, 245; Nichols at Islip, 245; Edmond Smith at Stony Brook, 245; Tillotsons at the County House, 245; Seth Worth at Fire Place, 245; Willets at Islip, 245
Schuyler, General, 172
Scott, General Chas., 2, 31, 32, 33
Scudder, Capt., 225
Seaman, Jacob, 8
Sears, Coll., mentioned, 6
Seaton’s Neck, 70, 260
Secret Formula, 36
Secret Service, 2, 3, 16
Setauket church, 226
Setauket, L. I., mentioned, 4, 11, 14, 59, 69, 94, 95, 116, 195; full of troops, 92; 20 horse and 4 foot billeted, 260; British billeted at Coll. Floyd’s, E. Jones, J. Thompson’s, P. Lions, John Bayles, Kelly’s house, 260
Seton, Mr., robbed, 66
Shaw, Mr., 88
Sheldon, Colonel Elisha, 88, 128, 167; posts Dragoons under protest, 88; orders retreat, 46; sends British spies to Arnold, 120; forwards letter from Mrs. Arnold to Coll. DeLancey, 130; John Anderson, otherwise Major André, writes to him, 131; sends Arnold André’s letter, 132; writes to Arnold, Sept. 12, 1780, 133; his Trial, 195
Shippen, Edward, 182
Shippen, Margaret, 182
Shippen, Peggy, 182
Ships in New York Harbor, about 200, 41
Sickness on Long Island, 251
Signal Fires, British lighted, 84
Silver Bullets, 211
Simcoe, Coll. John Graves, mentioned, 43, 72, 113, 241; at Oyster Bay, 35, 38, 94, 124, 236; with others on the Island, 89; friendship for André, 123; through André knew Sir Henry Clinton’s plans for capture of West Point, 125; planned to capture Genl. Washington, 135; plundered Woodhull’s father in most shocking manner, 241; sails with Arnold, 195; first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, 124; sketch of his career, 123
Sink vessels at Sandy Hook, 63
Skinner, General, 92, 236
Smithtown, L. I., 70, 194, 257; must furnish 1000 cords of wood, 74; 17th Dragoons encamped in widow Blidenburg’s orchard, 96; wagons and troops at, 260; Refugees at Tredles farm, 271
Smith, Elizabeth, 269
Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth Oakes, 213
Smith, Mrs. J. H., 173
Smith, Joshua Hett, 135, 144, 172; his story of meeting André, 148; continues the narrative, 157
Smith, Colo. Josiah, his regiment, 108; ordered by Gen. Washington to withdraw from Long Island, 110
Smith, Richard, alias Bull Smith, 269
Smith, Stephen, shoots up Port Jefferson, 278
Smith, William, 108
Smith, Judge Wm., 4
Smith, William Henry, 16
Smith, Lieutenant Coll. W. S., 166
Smith’s, William, farm at Mastick neck, 192
Smith’s place, Mastic, 191, 286
Sons of Liberty, 5, 30
Southampton, 37, 95, 188, 235, 262; British there, 87
South Bay, 245
South Carolina, 76
Southerland, Capt. of the Vulture, 149
Southold, 263
South Mills, 89
Spanish War, 247
Sparks, Jared, tried to identify Culpers, 5; uses letters from Tallmadge, 167
Springfield, British troops arrive at, 7
St. Augustine, 280
Stain, invisible, 210
Stain Letters, 13; frequently developed, 16
Stain sheets mixed, 71
Stamford, 88, 93, 101, 225
Staten Island, 206, 240, 250, 281, 287; troops from, land at Elizabeth Town, June, 1780, 9
Sterling, Sir Thomas, Genl., 9, 79
Stewart, Coll., 53
Stoddard, Darius, causes Sheldon’s arrest, 134
Stoddard, William, 102
Stony Point, 53, 144, 148; troops get back, 258
Strang, Major, 156
Stratford Point, 283
Strong, Benajah, 286
Strong, Judge Selah, 15
Strong, Thomas, 15
Strong’s Neck, 15
Success, L. I., 280
Surrender of West Point Planned, 135
Suttin, Capt. John, 93
Sutton’s Hill, now Beacon Hill, 85
Sylvester, Grizzell, 16
Tallmadge, Major Benjamin. Letters: Oct 29, 1778, 32; Nov. 19, 1778, 33; Nov. 29, 1778, 35; Dec. 23, 1778, 33; April 21, 1779, 42 and 239; Nov. 1, 1779, 66; July 14, 1780, 81; Sept 9, 1780, 96; Sept 13, 1780, 97; Sept. 19, 1780, 99; Aug. 10, 1780, 100; Aug. 20, 1780, 101; Aug. 28, 1780, 101; Sept. 21, 1780, 117; Letters to Jared Sparks, 167, 169; Oct. 11, 1780, 184; Oct. 17, 1780, 187, 270; Oct. 23, 1780, 187; Jan. 28, 1781, 196; April 25, 1781, 199; Aug. 18, 1782, 205; Mar. 31, 1783, 207, 281; Feb. 21, 1783, 283
Tallmadge, Major Benjamin, mentioned: vi, 11, 16, 31, 32, 80, 83, 84, 118, 152, 167, 191, 193, 196, 199, 206, 286; his letter to Nathan Hale, 19; his Code, 218; surprised by night attack, 46; says: Culper’s Intelligence defeated British expedition to New London, 240; obliged to use counterpart to stain letters, 66; deciphers stain letters, 97; translates important stain message, 116; obliged to decipher letters, 267; reads Arnold’s letter, 117; tells Arnold he will conduct Anderson to West Point, 118; insists upon André’s return, 118; Arnold invites him to become a traitor, 196; narrative of Sept. 23, 1780, 167; prejudiced against André’s captors, 164; requests to be first to enter New York, 281; captures enemy’s armed vessel, 283
Tarnay, Admiral, French Fleet arrives, 84
Tarry-Town, 137, 157, 161, 168
Tellers Point, 143
Templeton, Oliver, praises Townsend, 4
Thompson, Benjamin F. His sketch of Caleb Brewster, 284
Thompson, J., 70
Thompson, Samuel, 15
Thompson, Susannah, 15
Thompson’s Coll., Corps, 284
Thorne, Anna; Anna Townsend, Edward, James, John, Martha, Mary, Phebe Townsend, Robert, Sarah, 269; Sarah, 112
Three Brothers, Privateer, captured, 284
Ticonderoga, 182
Titus, Mrs. Elizabeth, 112
Tompkins, Governor, 287
Tooker, Abijah, responsible for Conklin’s capture, 195
Tower Hill, 88
Townley, Mary, 268
Townsend Family, 184; Anna, daughter of Hannah, 268; Anne, 11, 103, 268; Audrey, 103, 268; Dr. Charles of Albany, 231; David, 103; Ephraim, 104; Franklin, son of Hannah and once Mayor of Albany, 268; Frederick, 268; Hannah, who married Major Green of the British Army, 113; Hannah, 268; Harriet, 268; Helene, 269; Howard, son of Hannah, 268; Isaiah of Albany, 268; Isaiah, Jr., 268; Jacob, born 1692, father of Samuel, 102; Jacob, 268; James, his experience as messenger, 76; James, 102; James, his letter to the Provincial Congress, 110; John, 102; John 2d, 102; Mrs. John, 104; Mary, 268; Peter, his family, 103; Peter, 204, 213, 268; Peter S., 269; Phebe, 103; Phebe, 103, 268; Phebe of Orange Co., 268; Phebe, da. of the Fourth Henry, 11; Robert, mentioned, vi, 4, 8, 12, 13, 30, 44, 45, 83, 102, 203; Robert, alias Culper Junior, son of Samuel, 102, 268; called Culper Junior, 60; appointed Commissary by Provincial Convention, 30, 107; how he used British uniform, 279; Woodhull’s opinion of, 244; genealogy of, 103; Robert, son of Hannah, 268; Samuel, 103, 268; born in 1717, 102; in 1758 helped neutral French, 104; in Provincial Congress in 1775, 106; member Council of Appointment, 4; Samuel, son of Samuel, 268; Samuel (the other Samuel), 104, 197, 272; Sarah, 103, 103; mother of Robert, 268
Townsend, Sarah and Coll. Simcoe’s valentine, 113, 282; sister of Robert, 268
Townsend, Solomon, 103, 268; nephew of Robert, 268; had 6 children, Solomon, Charles, Robert, Maurice, Edward and Maria, 269
Townsend, Sylvanus, 8; William, 103; Wm. David, 268; Zerviah, 104
Townsend House, Oyster Bay, 124
Transports from Cork, 40
Troops all marching to the eastward, 90
Trowbridge, 95
Trumbull, Governor, 99, 219
Tryon, 52, 85, 236, 253, 264; to sail for Europe, 90
Tubbs, Charles, 182
Underhill, Amos, 8
Underhill, Benjamin, 8
Underhill, Elizabeth, 8
Underhill, Townsend, 8
Upham, Coll., 205
Ustic’s House, 85
Van Rensselaer, Justina, 268
Vantassel, Mr., 166
Van Weart, Isaac, 161; memorial, 164
Varick, Colonel Richard, 4, 171
Vaughan, Genl., 54
Verplanck’s, 139
Verplanck’s Point, 137, 139, 154, 247
Virginia, 189
Virginia Fleet, 243
Virginia, gentlemen of, 124
Vulture takes Robinson up the river, Sept. 16, 1780, 139
Walker, Ben, 166
Walker, William H., 268
Wallace, Hugh, 78
Wallace, Sir James, 56, 64
Wansey, Henry, 7
Washington, General George. Letters: Nov. 20, 1778, 34; Nov. 29, 1778, 36; Dec. 17, 1778, 36; Jan. 2, 1779, 37; Mar. 21, 1779, 38; June 13, 1779, 43; June 27, 1779, 45 and 246; July 25, 1779, 51; Sept. 24, 1779, 58; Oct 9, 1779, 63; Feb. 5, 1780, 72; May 19, 1780, 78; July 11, 1780, 80; Aug. 11, 1780, 89; Aug. 21, 1780, 91; Aug. 27, 1780, 94; Sept. 16, 1780, 98; Sept. 7, 1780, 134; Sept. 14, 1780, 135; Sept. 26, 1780, 180, 185; Feb. 23, 1781, 198; April 30, 1781, 200; Aug. 10, 1782, 204; July 31, 1788, 212; April 29, 1781, 225
Washington, General George, care in exacting pledge, 3; his opinion of Culper Junior, 17; says, “I rely upon his Intelligence”, 17; letter of instructions, 38; requests Culper to reside in New York, 38; pleased with Culpers, 89; horse kept in New York City for the Spies, 116; instructions for Culper Junior, 49; advises Townsend how to conceal his writing, 59; orders Dragoons posted every 15 miles, 88; arrives at West Point, 176; tells how Arnold escaped, 177; says: “I shall think myself bound to represent his (Culper Junior) conduct in the light it deserves”, 99
Washington, General George, mentioned, vi, 60, 84, 85, 108, 114, 121, 132, 139, 160, 166, 168, 176, 186, 195, 198, 199, 234, 288
Washington Papers, 141
Waterbury, Genl., 225
Waterman, Hannah, 181
Watson, Coll., 136
Webb, Col., 52
Webb, Col. Charles, 1
Webb, Col. Samuel B., 227
Weeks, Joseph, 102
Welch Fusileers, 236
Westbury, 221, 224
Westchester County, v, 164, 165, 250
West Point, 114, 116, 117, 118, 126, 134, 145, 168, 170, 171, 176, 177, 195, 219
Whaleboat, both sides capture same, 219
Whaleboat men in Washington’s service, 225
Whitestone, L. I., 206; 8000 British Troops embarking at, 83; transports there, 256
White Plains, 100, 106, 153, 157, 227
Willett, Coll., 7
Wilmington, North Carolina, 233
Williams, Capt., 165
Williams, Charles, 196
Williams, David, 161; his story of André’s capture, 163; monument, 164
Williams, John, 122
Williams, Nathl., 259
Wistar, 265
Wistar, C., 9
Wolsey, John, 43, 241
Woodbury of Connecticut burns the Prison Ship, 264
Wooden, Solomon, hears prophecy, 104
Woodhull, Abraham (see Culper, Senior), v, 4, 8, 14, 31, 33, 81; called Samuel Culper or Culper Senior, 60; suffers from fright, 42; his most exciting message, 83; his father tortured, 44; would kill Colonel Simcoe, 72; to be Townsend’s assistant, 246
Woodhull, Abraham C., not one of the Culpers, 4
Woodhull, Capt., His Company to meet, 253
Woodhull, Elizabeth, 269
Woodhull, Rev. John, 233
Woodhull, Mary, 8
Woodhull, Capt. Nathan, 95
Woodhull, Nathan, otherwise Pevbepy Yqqhbwmm, 253
Woodhull, Genl. Nathaniel, 107, 269; letter to and from the Convention, 108, 109
Woods, Adam, 234
Worth, Capt. Jonathan, 285
Wright’s Mills, 157
Wurmb, Lewis de, the Hessian Colonel, 112
Yale College, 1
Yeagers crossed Hell Gate, 203
York, Sir Joseph, 256
Youngs, Capt. Daniel, 114; ordered by Coll. Simcoe to be ready, 136
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