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American Revolution - Gallery of Spy Letters


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Spy Letters of the American Revolution
From the Collections of the Clements Library

Press blue button for an exhibit on spy letters from the William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Gallery of Letters provides a brief description of each letter and links to more information about the stories of the spies in the letter and the secret methods used to make the letter.

Letters of the American Revolutionary War include:

April/May 1775 -- Rachel Revere to Paul Revere
From the Gold Star Collection

July 17, 1777 -- William Howe to John Burgoyne
From the Gold Star Collection

May 10, 1779 -- John André to Joseph Stansbury
From the Clinton Collection

Read the letter that John André sent to Benedict Arnold through his agent Joseph Stansbury. The letter instructed Benedict Arnold in the types of information to gather for the British and the ways to relay this information secretly. Read more about Benedict Arnold in the American Revolutionary War.


Location: Westchester County

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