This Connecticut Teenager Spied on the British During the American Revolution, Succeeding Where Nathan Hale Failed

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british12x no texto
“The old man took the dispatches straight to the British, who promptly ordered Maltbie’s arrest as a spy.”
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Frase de exemploThe old man took the dispatches straight to the British, who promptly ordered Maltbie’s arrest as a spy.
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“The Revolution ended six and a half months later, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in September 1783.”
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Frase de exemploThe Revolution ended six and a half months later, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in September 1783.
american9x no texto
“Margo Williams, Maltbie’s fifth-great-great-niece, only learned of her ancestor’s wartime mission while conducting research for her application to the Daughters of the American Revolution.”
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Frase de exemploMargo Williams, Maltbie’s fifth-great-great-niece, only learned of her ancestor’s wartime mission while conducting research for her application to the Daughters of the American Revolution.
espionage9x no texto
“(The specifics of the espionage charge, as well as why it was dismissed before trial, remain unknown.) The 23-year-old testified in his own defense.”
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Frase de exemplo(The specifics of the espionage charge, as well as why it was dismissed before trial, remain unknown.) The 23-year-old testified in his own defense.
intelligence7x no texto
“Perhaps the intelligence flowed through the Webb family connection and ultimately back to Washington.”
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Frase de exemploPerhaps the intelligence flowed through the Webb family connection and ultimately back to Washington.
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“David Maltbie evaded detection for a much longer time, although he, too, was eventually caught by the enemy.”
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Frase de exemploDavid Maltbie evaded detection for a much longer time, although he, too, was eventually caught by the enemy.
mission6x no texto
“Despite his success as a spy on a mission that is more famous for its failure, Maltbie’s name and story haven’t been memorialized in the same way as Hale’s.”
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Frase de exemploDespite his success as a spy on a mission that is more famous for its failure, Maltbie’s name and story haven’t been memorialized in the same way as Hale’s.
letters6x no texto
“Seely eventually became suspicious of the sheer volume of one-way correspondence and decided to open one of Maltbie’s letters.”
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Frase de exemploSeely eventually became suspicious of the sheer volume of one-way correspondence and decided to open one of Maltbie’s letters.
oyster6x no texto
“Imprisoned in a makeshift guardhouse in the middle of Oyster Bay (located in an old building used to bake bread), Maltbie waited for his sentence of death by hanging to be carried out.”
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Frase de exemploImprisoned in a makeshift guardhouse in the middle of Oyster Bay (located in an old building used to bake bread), Maltbie waited for his sentence of death by hanging to be carried out.
bay6x no texto
“As 21-year-old Hale ventured into the Huntington area of Long Island, posing as a Dutch schoolteacher in search of work, 17-year-old Maltbie crossed the sound, arriving about seven miles west, in Oyster Bay.”
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Frase de exemploAs 21-year-old Hale ventured into the Huntington area of Long Island, posing as a Dutch schoolteacher in search of work, 17-year-old Maltbie crossed the sound, arriving about seven miles west, in Oyster Bay.
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“Margo Williams, Maltbie’s fifth-great-great-niece, only learned of her ancestor’s wartime mission while conducting research for her application to the Daughters of the American Revolution.”
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Frase de exemploMargo Williams, Maltbie’s fifth-great-great-niece, only learned of her ancestor’s wartime mission while conducting research for her application to the Daughters of the American Revolution.
captured5x no texto
“The teenager tried to escape by boat before the authorities arrived, but he was captured on his way across the sound and inevitably found guilty in a swift trial.”
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Frase de exemploThe teenager tried to escape by boat before the authorities arrived, but he was captured on his way across the sound and inevitably found guilty in a swift trial.
public5x no texto
“The Provost prison, where Maltbie was imprisoned on charges of espionage and theft in 1783 New York Public Library Maltbie’s trial that February focused solely on the accusation of robbery.”
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Frase de exemploThe Provost prison, where Maltbie was imprisoned on charges of espionage and theft in 1783 New York Public Library Maltbie’s trial that February focused solely on the accusation of robbery.
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“In the days before his scheduled execution, he received regular visits from a 10- or 11-year-old girl named Elizabeth Wooden , whose father had been a friend of Maltbie’s before the war.”
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Frase de exemploIn the days before his scheduled execution, he received regular visits from a 10- or 11-year-old girl named Elizabeth Wooden , whose father had been a friend of Maltbie’s before the war.