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 Ben]j., [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]
- 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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