#austin roe

[asknathanhale]

TURNSGIVING HAS BEGUN!

I wish they kept Austin Roe in the show. AMC decided to give Roe’s code name to Rodgers for some godforsaken reason. He was quite an important member too (don’t take my word for this) he was a courier like Brewster, and they just didn’t keep him in the show. THEY COULDVE AT LEAST MENTIONED MY GOAT. BOOO 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅 BOO AMC 🍅🍅🍅💥💥💥/j

-John.Mod

[mollafer]

Alright, guys! I got another awesome discovery to post (courtesy of my cousin...again)!

My cousin stayed at the Three Village Inn in Stony Brook. We actually drove past it in 2017 when I visited Setauket, but I never went inside. So my cousin just recently was staying there and sent me pics...the cottages are all named after members of the Culper Spy Ring!!!

She made sure to send me a pic of the Tallmadge cottages sign XD

But anyway, I thought this was too cute NOT to share. I want to stay here so badly! The pictures on Google of the place are beautiful! Have any of you fine Tumblr folk stayed here before?

[alexander-the-ham-man]

I love how Sally Townsend and Robert Townsend were living with Simcoe and they were both spies.

Robert was Culper Jr and was one of the best, if not the best, spy of the Culper Ring.

Sally instead heard Simcoe and André talking about West Point and understood something was off. So she might have told her brother who passed the info.

I want a tv series about her. She deserves it.

[ladywashingtonslightdragoons]

Turn: Washington’s Spies mentions codes and using the code book created by Benjamin Tallmadge to hide messages, but how did this code work? How did it look in an actual letter? Here’s an actual coded letter written by Abraham Woodhull to Benjamin Tallmadge:

729 29 15th 1779

Sir. Dqpeu Beyocpu agreeable to 28 met 723 not far from 727 and received a 356, but on his return was under the necessity to destroy the same, or be detected... Thers been no augmentation by 592 of 680 or 347 forces, and everything very quiet. Every 356 is opened at the entrance of 727 and every 371 is searched, that for the future every 356 must be 691 with the 286 received. They have some 345 of the route our 356 takes. I judge it was mentioned in the 356 taken or they would not be so 660.

Here is its translated version (with some minor adjustments):

Setauket August 15th 1779

Sir. Jonas Hawkins agreeable to appointment. Met Culper Junior not far from New York and received a letter, but on his return was under necessity to destroy the same, or be detected... [There’s] been no augmentation by ship of war or land forces, and everything is very quiet. Every letter is opened at the entrance of New York and every man is searched, that for the future every letter must be write [written] with the ink received. They have some know [knowledge] of the route our letter takes. I judge it was mentioned in the letter taken or they would not be so vigilant.

Tallmadge created the code using a style of cryptography created by the French. He created a list from 1 to 763 and used the 1777 London edition of Entick’s Spelling Dictionary to assign words, locations, or names a numeric code. For example: Tallmadge was 721, Washington 711, and New York 727. Numbers were typically represented by letters. To change a word to the plural form or past/present form, a flourish of sorts would be added to show that change. The system wasn’t perfect and took some adjusting, but it ultimately worked to hide the messages from prying British eyes.

[calamity-queen]

Hey just doing a check so if you’re apart of the Turn: Washington’s Spies Fandom, or you like/know the Culper Ring, reblog this. I have something Turn-related that I’d like to share, but I want to know if it’s worth sharing here. Kinda want to gauge how active the fandom is on here.

[knowltonsrangers]

Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring by: Alexander Rose

[sonofhistory]

PART ONE HERE. 

[captain-quizzical-beagle]

Okay, so I've been doing Ancestry.com because I didn't know my Dad's side of the family

AND IM FREAKING OUT JUST A LITTLE BECAUSE I FOUND OUT THAT AUSTIN ROE, THE AUSTIN ROE, IS AN UNCLE ON MY GRANDMOTHER'S SIDE. LIKE MY 7TH GREAT UNCLE. WHAT?!?