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02979aam a2200469 i 4500 001 3B616B48A6B511EDAB1CAA9536ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230207010047 008 210122s2021 scuafb b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2021931181 020 $a 1467143472 020 $a 9781467143479 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $e rda $d BDX $d VAMVE $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d DLC $d SILO 082 00 $a 973.3/85 $2 23/eng/20220929 100 1 $a Bleyer, Bill, $e author. 245 10 $a George Washington's Long Island spy ring : $b a history and tour guide / $c Bill Bleyer, photographs by Audrey C. Tiernan. 264 1 $a Charlestown, SC : $b History Press, $c 2021 300 $a 240 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color), maps ; $c 23 cm. 490 0 $a [History & guide] 500 $a Series title from publisher website. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233) and index. 520 $a "In 1778, two years after the British forced the Continental Army out of New York City, George Washington and his subordinates organized a secret spy network to gather intelligence in Manhattan and Long Island. Known today as the "Culper Spy Ring," Patriots like Abraham Woodhull and Robert Townsend risked their lives to report on British military operations in the region. Vital reports clandestinely traveled from New York City across the East River to Setauket and were rowed on whaleboats across the LongIsland Sound to the Connecticut shore. Using ciphers, codes and invisible ink, the spy ring exposed British plans to attack French forces at Newport and a plot to counterfeit American currency. Author Bill Bleyer corrects the record, examines the impact of George Washington's Long Island spy ring and identifies Revolutionary War sites that remain today."--Back cover. 600 10 $a Washington, George, $d 1732-1799 $x Military leadership. 600 17 $a Washington, George, $d 1732-1799. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00178100 648 7 $a 1700-1799 $2 fast 650 0 $a Espionage $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Spies $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 650 6 $a Espionnage $z aEtats-Unis $x Histoire $y 18e sieÌcle. 650 7 $a Command of troops. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00869220 650 7 $a Espionage. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00915379 650 7 $a Secret service. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01110661 650 7 $a Spies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01129772 651 0 $a Long Island (N.Y.) $x History $y Revolution, 1775-1783. 651 0 $a United States $x Secret service. $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $x Secret service. 651 6 $a Long Island (N.Y.) $x Histoire $y 1775-1783 (Raevolution) 651 7 $a New York (State) $z Long Island. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01241714 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Tiernan, Audrey C., $e photographer. 941 $a 1 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230512010605.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3B616B48A6B511EDAB1CAA9536ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search