All posts tagged "spies"
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5.4K2Politics and MilitaryJehu Grant, Black Revolutionary, Makes an Eloquent Plea for Fairness
Jehu Grant, inspired by talk of freedom, escaped slavery in Rhode Island to enlist as a Continental Army soldier in 1777. Time...
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8.2K3MassachusettsLewis Tappan, the Man Who Hired Abe Lincoln to Spy on Sinners
Lewis Tappan hated slavery as much as he hated people who didn’t pay their debts. In 1841, he found he could do...
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13.8K1Arts and LeisureThe Mysterious Death of Cape Cod’s David Bacon
In September of 1943, witnesses saw David Bacon drive his sports car off a California highway and into a bean field. As...
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5.4K4ConnecticutThe Wicked Blue Lights of New London Give Connecticut a Bad Name
On the moonless night of Dec. 18, 1813, a pair of mysterious blue lights at the mouth of the Thames River thwarted...
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4.6K1MassachusettsMarvin Makinen – The Spy Who Got Left on the Cutting Room Floor
The 2015 Tom Hanks film Bridge of Spies tells the dramatic story of Bill Donovan, a lawyer specializing in insurance who was...
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9.7K1MassachusettsPrudence Cummings Wright, Patriot Militia Commander, Captures 2 British Spies
During those confusing, intense first weeks of the American Revolution, Prudence Cummings Wright organized a ladies group — to capture Loyalist spies...
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8.8K2Crime and ScandalWho Killed William Dean? A Tale of Spies, Swindlers and Politicians
In August of 1918, Dr. William Dean was murdered. His killer or killers tied up his body and submerged it in a...
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10.6K2ConnecticutRichard Bissell – The Connecticut Yankee Behind the Bay of Pigs
In 1959 Richard Bissell was named the CIA’s deputy director for plans. It was an unusual selection. Bissell was replacing a man,...
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3.7K2Politics and MilitaryIn 1777 a Deadly Fog of War Swept Across Vermont and Claimed John Irish
On a hot summer day, July 27, 1777, John Irish, a Quaker farmer, had just finished threshing his wheat and was mowing...
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11.9K8ConnecticutThe Capture of Nathan Hale, a Hidden History Surfaces After 224 Years
More than two centuries after Nathan Hale was hanged, a sharp-eyed librarian discovered the hidden truth about his capture. Nathan Hale has...
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