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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