General Washington’s Spies on Long Island and in New York

Long Island Historical Society

Officers

President	B. Herbert Smith
First Vice-President	Guy Du Val
Second Vice-President	William H. Cary
Corresponding Secretary	Norman Taylor
Recording Secretary	Richards M. Cahoone
Treasurer	John D. Talmage
Assistant Treasurer	Guy Du Val
Librarian	Miss Edna Huntington

DIRECTORS

Joseph Dana Allen, Litt.D.

Hon. George E. Brower

Richards M. Cahoone

William H. Cary

Francis D. Dodge, Ph.D.

Guy Du Val

Rev. Phillips Packer Elliott

Lewis W. Francis

George Hewlett

David H. Lanman

A. Augustus Low

Evelyn Pierrepont Luquer

D. Irving Mead

Walter M. Meserole

Hon. Howard Pervear Nash

Frederic C. Paffard, M.D.

William A. Robbins

Arnold W. Sherman

B. Herbert Smith

John D. Talmage

Norman Taylor

Edwin H. Thatcher

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

B. Herbert Smith, Chairman

Joseph Dana Allen

Richards M. Cahoone

William H. Cary

Guy Du Val

Lewis W. Francis

William A. Robbins

John D. Talmage

Norman Taylor

COUNCILORS

Kings County

Miss Jessie A. Addoms, J.D.

Mrs. Samuel K. Frost

Rev. John H. Lathrop, D.D.

Lester D. Mapes

Frank L. Van Cleef

Wheeler N. Voorhees

Nassau County

George D. A. Combes

Courtney R. Hall, Ph.D.

Henry Hicks

Jesse Merritt

Rt. Rev. Ernest M. Stires, D.D.

Suffolk County

Mrs. J. D. Cockcroft

Perry Duryea

Ralph G. Duvall

Morton Pennypacker

Wallace Reid

Mrs. Joseph H. Willets

Queens County

William G. Clossen

Arthur White

GENERAL
WASHINGTON’S
SPIES
On Long Island and
In New York

BY MORTON PENNYPACKER

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Published by the Long Island Historical Society
PIERREPONT STREET CORNER CLINTON STREET
1939