Benjamin Talmadge Washington's Spy

Benjamin Tallmadge Autograph Document Signed ("Benj Tallmadge"). One page, 8.25" x 4.5", Litchfield; August 10, 1783. Manuscript document addressed to Lieut. E. Jones, authorizing payment of "Eight Pound fifteen Shillings" to the recipient. Written and Signed by Tallmadge as a witness.

Benjamin Tallmadge (February 25, 1754 – March 7, 1835) was an American military officer, spymaster, and politician. He is best known for his service as an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He acted as leader of the Culper Ring during the war, a celebrated network of spies in New York where major British forces were based. He also led a successful raid across Long Island that culminated in the Battle of Fort St. George. After the war, Tallmadge was elected to the US House of Representatives as a member of the Federalist Party.

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