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General Washington's spies on Long Island and in New York

Chapter 2: LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
By Morton Pennypacker
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About This Book

The book reconstructs clandestine intelligence efforts centered on Long Island and New York during the Revolutionary conflict, opening with a concise account of a young operative's mission and capture. It follows the organization and activities of Washington's local spy network, profiling principal agents, their recruitment, tradecraft, and use of covert correspondence and cipher systems. Episodes involving a prominent treason case and the capture of its intermediary are examined through eyewitness testimony and documentary evidence. Final chapters analyze codes, counterintelligence methods, betrayals, and the logistical support that sustained secret operations, supplemented by notes and illustrations.

LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

OFFICERS

President B. Herbert Smith
First Vice-President Guy Du Val
Second Vice-President William H. Cary
Corresponding Secretary Norman Taylor
Recording Secretary Richards M. Cahoone
Treasurer John D. Talmage
Assistant Treasurer Guy Du Val
Librarian Miss Edna Huntington

DIRECTORS

  • Joseph Dana Allen, Litt.D.
  • Hon. George E. Brower
  • Richards M. Cahoone
  • William H. Cary
  • Francis D. Dodge, Ph.D.
  • Guy Du Val
  • Rev. Phillips Packer Elliott
  • Lewis W. Francis
  • George Hewlett
  • David H. Lanman
  • A. Augustus Low
  • Evelyn Pierrepont Luquer
  • D. Irving Mead
  • Walter M. Meserole
  • Hon. Howard Pervear Nash
  • Frederic C. Paffard, M.D.
  • William A. Robbins
  • Arnold W. Sherman
  • B. Herbert Smith
  • John D. Talmage
  • Norman Taylor
  • Edwin H. Thatcher

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

B. Herbert Smith, Chairman

  • Joseph Dana Allen
  • Richards M. Cahoone
  • William H. Cary
  • Guy Du Val
  • Lewis W. Francis
  • William A. Robbins
  • John D. Talmage
  • Norman Taylor

COUNCILORS

Kings County

  • Miss Jessie A. Addoms, J.D.
  • Mrs. Samuel K. Frost
  • Rev. John H. Lathrop, D.D.
  • Lester D. Mapes
  • Frank L. Van Cleef
  • Wheeler N. Voorhees

Nassau County

  • George D. A. Combes
  • Courtney R. Hall, Ph.D.
  • Henry Hicks
  • Jesse Merritt
  • Rt. Rev. Ernest M. Stires, D.D.

Suffolk County

  • Mrs. J. D. Cockcroft
  • Perry Duryea
  • Ralph G. Duvall
  • Morton Pennypacker
  • Wallace Reid
  • Mrs. Joseph H. Willets

Queens County

  • William G. Clossen
  • Arthur White

Painted by John Ward Dunsmore. (Used by permission of the Title Guarantee & Trust Co.)

GENERAL WASHINGTON’S COUNCIL OF WAR AFTER THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND

In the Philip Livingston house, later known as the Teunis Joralemon House, east side of Hicks St., Brooklyn.

In the picture are General Washington, Samuel Parsons, Joseph Spencer, Thomas Mifflin, John Morin Scott, Alexander McDougall, Israel Putnam, Peleg Wadsworth and John Fellows.