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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").
Abraham Whipple was a commodore in the Continental Navy. In one of the first military actions of the revolution in 1772, Whipple led 50 Rhode Islanders in the capture and burning of the British revenue cutter Gaspee .
Turn: Washington's Spies (originally titled Turn and stylized as TURŠ: Washington's Spies) is an American period drama television series based on Alexander Rose's book Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring (2007), [3] a history of the Culper Ring. [4]
"Abraham Blue" peers down from the side of the Peoria County Courthouse in downtown Peoria. The 30-by-50-foot mural was created by local artist Doug Leunig and unveiled in October of 2018.
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."
It's beginning to look a lot like there's something going on between Meghann Fahy and her White Lotus co-star, Leo Woodall.For some time now, there had been speculation that a romance was brewing ...