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Abraham Woodhull (October 7, 1750 – January 23, 1826) was a leading member of the Culper Spy Ring in New York City and Setauket, New York, during the American Revolutionary War. He used the alias "Samuel Culper" (later "Samuel Culper Sr."), which was a play on Culpeper County, Virginia , and was suggested by George Washington .
Abraham Woodhull escaped arrest because Loyalist militia officer Colonel Benjamin Floyd vouched for him. Floyd was married to a member of the Woodhull family. [ 34 ] Woodhull reported that he could not continue to operate in New York City after the visit from Simcoe in June because of suspicion, but Woodhull had a new agent lined up and would ...
Abraham Woodhull wrote a message to Benjamin Tallmadge to say that he would be visiting New York again and, "by the assistance of a [lady] of my acquaintance, shall be able to outwit them all." [ 2 ] : 173 Several historians surmise that Anna Strong was the lady identified as "a 355" (Tallmadge's code for the word "lady").
Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring (2006) is a history book by Alexander Rose, [1] based on the stories of four real-life childhood friends who formed the Culper spy ring that affected the course of the Revolutionary War.
On March 26, 2014, AMC released the digital comic TURN: Origins, illustrated by Steve Ellis, that portrays childhood and adulthood events from the lives of several of the series' main characters, including Abraham Woodhull, Benjamin Tallmadge, Anna Strong, and Caleb Brewster. [4] [25]
Coat of Arms of Richard Woodhull. The Woodhull family of America began with the emigration from England of Richard Lawrence Woodhull in the early 1600s, who settled on Long Island, New York in Setauket.
The only direct reference to 355 in any of the Culper Ring's missives (1778–1780) [6] appears in a letter from Abraham Woodhull ("Samuel Culper Sr.") to General George Washington, [7] where Woodhull describes her as "one who hath been ever serviceable to this correspondence."
Tallmadge was in charge of bringing intelligence from British-controlled New York to the Continental army, and he did so by assembling a network of spies known as the Culper Ring, with the help of Abraham Woodhull and Robert Townsend. [6] The Culper Ring was involved in revealing the betrayal of Major General Benedict Arnold.