[Pharmboy]

This is an interview with the author of "Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring" Paperback by Alexander Rose

I thought you might enjoy this more than a review.

[Kenny Bunk]

Read "George Washington's Expense Account,"
by Marvin Kitman (It is absolutely real, from the National Archives)

This could explain mysterious references like:
"Reconnoiter Staten Island: $10,000.00"

[Pharmboy]

The grave of Caleb Brewster in Old Burying Ground, Fairfield CT

"...a former whaleboatman who really, really liked fighting."

Birth: 1748
Death: Feb. 13, 1827

Note from "Ye OLD BURYING GROUND OF FAIRFIELD, CONN." by Kate Perry, p. 27: "Captain Brewster was a large powerful man. He resided in Black Rock."
Inscription:
In memory of
Captain CALEB BREWSTER, who died
February 13th. 1827;
aged 79 years.
He was a brave and active officer
of the Revolution.
"Ye OLD BURYING GROUND OF FAIRFIELD, CONN." by Kate Perry

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[afraidfortherepublic]

Wow! I want to read that. Washington was an equal opportunity employer too. He had at least one woman on his team. I read about her in the Smithsonian a few years back. A Quaker, I believe, but (like any tiger mom) she was concerned about protecting one of her sons who had joined the Revolutionaries and so she reported on the plans of the British troops who had occupied her home.

[colorado tanker]

Thanks for the interesting post. Maybe I missed it, but I didn’t see how they got their name, “Culper.”