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3 unusual facts about Culper Ring


Culper Ring

The 2011 novel "The Inner Circle", and its 2013 sequel, "The Fifth Assassin" by Brad Meltzer centers on protagonist Beecher White, a member of a modern-day Culper Ring.

The 2002 comic book series Y: The Last Man featured a modern Culper agent identified as '355'.

Robert Townsend

Culper Ring, American Revolutionary War spy ring associated with Robert Townsend (spy)


Raynham Hall Museum

Home of the Townsend family, one of the founding families of Oyster Bay, on Long Island, New York, and a member of George Washington's Culper Ring of spies, the house was renamed Raynham Hall after the Townsend seat in Norfolk, England, in 1850 by a grandson of the original owner.

Robins Island

When his property was put up for sale, it was purchased in 1784 by Caleb Brewster and Benjamin Tallmadge, who had been members of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolutionary War.

Stirling Iron Works

The chain was instrumental in the discovery of Benedict Arnold, when Peter Townsend's cousin, Sally Townsend, whose brother Robert was a member of Gen George Washington's Culper Ring of spies, allegedly intercepted information at the family home in Oyster Bay, Long Island which occupied by British officers.


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