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American spies during the American Revolution
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The list American spies during the American Revolution includes
Paul Revere, Benjamin Edes, Daniel Bissell (spy), Ethan Allen and Enoch Crosby.
The list consists of 45 members
and 1 sublist.
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Paul Revere
American patriot and silversmith
Overview: Paul Revere (December 21, 1734 O.S. (January 1, 1735 N.S.) – May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and Patriot in the American Revolution. He is best known for ...Date of birth: 1 January 1735Date of death: 10 May 1818Age: 83 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: BusinessGender: Male
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Benjamin Edes
American journalist
Overview: Benjamin Edes (October 14, 1732 – December 11, 1803) was a journalist and political agitator. He is best known, along with John Gill, as the publisher of the Boston Gazette, a newspaper which sparked and ...Date of birth: 14 October 1732Date of death: 11 December 1803Age: 71 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: JournalistGender: Male 0
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Daniel Bissell (spy)
Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Overview: Daniel Bissell (December 30, 1754 – August 21, 1824) was a soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Bissell joined the British Army for 13 months and passed inte ...Date of birth: 30 December 1754Date of death: 21 August 1824Age: 69 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AgentGender: Male 0
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Philip Mazzei
American diplomat
Overview: Filippo Mazzei (but sometimes erroneously cited with the name of Philip Mazzie; Poggio a Caiano, December 25, 1730 – Pisa, March 19, 1816) was an Italian physician, winemaker, and arms dealer. A close ...Date of birth: 25 December 1730Date of death: 19 March 1816Age: 85 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Writer 0
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Nathan Hale
Soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
Overview: Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was an American Patriot, soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission ...Date of birth: 6 June 1755Date of death: 22 September 1776Age: 21 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Spy 0
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Ethan Allen
18th-century American general
Overview: Ethan Allen (January 21, 1738 [O.S. January 10, 1737] – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, lay theologian, American Revolutionary War ...Date of birth: 21 January 1738Date of death: 12 February 1789Age: 51 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Politician 0
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Hercules Mulligan
Irish-American espionage agentOverview: Hercules Mulligan (September 25, 1740 – March 4, 1825) was an Irish-American tailor and spy during the American Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Sons of Liberty.Date of birth: 25 September 1740Date of death: 4 March 1825Age: 84 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Business 0
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Enoch Crosby
American spy
Overview: Enoch Crosby (1750–1835) was an American spy and soldier during the American Revolution. His life may have been the basis for the character Harvey Birch in James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Spy.Date of birth: 1750Date of death: 1835Age: 84 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Spy 0
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9.Overview: David Henley (February 5/12, 1748/9 – January 1, 1823) was a Continental Army officer during the American Revolutionary War, who served as George Washington's intelligence officer and prisoner of ...Date of birth: 5 February 1749Date of death: 1 January 1823Age: 73 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Spy 0
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Agent 355
18th century American spy
Overview: Agent 355 (died after 1780) was the code name of a female spy during the American Revolution, part of the Culper Ring. Agent 355 was one of the first spies for the United States, but her real identity ...Date of death: 1780Nationality: AmericanOccupation: SpyGender: Female 0
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Overview: Lydia Darragh (1729 – December 28, 1789) was an Irish woman said to have crossed British lines during the British occupation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War, delivering ...Date of birth: 1728Date of death: 28 December 1789Age: 61 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Spy 0
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Abraham Woodhull
American revolutionary spy
Overview: 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 ...Date of birth: 7 October 1750Date of death: 23 January 1826Age: 75 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Spy 0
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Overview: Pierre Douville (August 7, 1745 – July 17, 1794) was a French-Canadian naval captain and lieutenant who served in the American Revolution and French Revolution. Born on present day Prince Edward Island ...Date of birth: 12 June 1745Date of death: 9 March 1794Age: 48 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Spy 0
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Patience Wright
American sculptor (1725–1786)
Overview: Patience Lovell Wright (1725 – March 23, 1786) was a sculptor of wax figures, and the first recognized American-born sculptor.Date of birth: 1725Date of death: 23 March 1786Age: 60 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Artist 0
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Margaret Kemble Gage
Wife of General Thomas Gage
Overview: Margaret Kemble Gage (1734–1824) was the wife of General Thomas Gage, who led the British Army in Massachusetts early in the American Revolutionary War. She was born in New Brunswick, Province of New ...Date of birth: 1734Date of death: 1824Age: 89 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: SpyGender: Female 0
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Moses Hazen
American generalOverview: Moses Hazen (June 1, 1733 – February 5, 1803) was a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Born in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, he saw action in the French ...Date of birth: 1 June 1733Date of death: 5 February 1803Age: 69 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Military 0
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John Honeyman
American spy during the Revolutionary WarOverview: John Honeyman (1729—August 18, 1822) was an American spy and British informant for George Washington, primarily responsible for spreading disinformation and gathering the intelligence crucial to Washi ...Date of birth: 1729Date of death: 18 August 1822Age: 93 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Spy 0
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Thomas Knowlton
American patriot
Overview: Thomas W. Knowlton (November 22, 1740 – September 16, 1776) was an American patriot who served in the French and Indian War and was a colonel during the American Revolution. Knowlton is considered Am ...Date of birth: 1740Date of death: 1776Age: 35 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Spy 0
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Nancy Hart
Confederate spy during the American Revolutionary War.
Overview: Nancy Morgan Hart (c. 1735–1830) was a rebel heroine of the American Revolutionary War noted for her exploits against Loyalists in the northeast Georgia backcountry. She is characterized as a tough, r ...Date of birth: 1735Date of death: 1830Age: 94 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: SpyGender: Female 0
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Cato (spy)
American spy during the American RevolutionOverview: Cato was an enslaved African American Black Patriot spy and courier during the American Revolution. Cato's enslaver, Hercules Mulligan, gathered intelligence through his personal connections as well as ...Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Spy 0
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