Culper Spy Ring, also called Culper Ring, American intelligence organization that was put together and managed by Maj. Benjamin Tallmadge for the Continental Army during the American Revolution. It operated in British-controlled New York City from 1778 to 1783. The ring was named for the operational names of two of its members: Abraham Woodhull (code-named Samuel Culper) and Robert Townsend (code-named Culper, Jr.). It comprised several other agents, including Caleb Brewster, Austin Roe, Anna Strong, Hercules Mulligan, and Townsend’s paramour, known today only by her code name “355.” Because of his experience gathering intelligence in the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons
people, pick up information in manhattan, get it to a hotbed of resistance on long island and then to george washington in connecticut sometimes taking two weeks. at one point they learned the british had stolen the special paper the americans used to print their money and planned a he gets that word to washington, this paper is out and loose. washington quickly acts and decides to change the look of our currency from that day forward. the central figure in the ring was robert townsend, a dry goods her merchant. culper jr., george washington s secret six, if george washington had a most vital spy, one he could not do without, he lived right here, and they never met. then there were agent 355. a woman whose name we still don t know. her goal was to get inside the social circles and it s believed that she was the one