One of Gen. George Washington’s greatest strengths was intelligence gathering. His most successful spy ring was the Culper Ring. It was organized by a farmer named Abraham Woodhull. Abraham would make trips to British occupied New York City and file reports on British forces and plans. He recruited spies to gather information. The reports were delivered to a Maj. Benjamin Tallmadge who was in charge of spying for Washington. The deliveries were made by a courier/smuggler named Caleb Brewster. Woodhull and Brewster enlisted the help of a patriotic woman named Anna Strong. When Brewster was ready to make another run, she would put a black petticoat on her clothesline as a signal to Woodhull. Woodhull would then complete his latest report and hide it in one of six coves. Anna would then put up a certain number of handkerchiefs to tell which cove Brewster would find the report in.
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