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Spy Letters of the American Revolution
URL: http://www.si.umich.edu/SPIES/

Description:
Images of the letters are accompanied by transcriptions and background information. The site exposes the techniques spies used in letter writing and has brief biographies of traitor Benedict Arnold, spies Ann Bates and Miss Jenny, the Marquis de Lafayette, George Washington, Paul Revere, and others. The site also has maps of the routes the letters took, a timeline from 1763-1783, bibliographies, and a teacher's section. From Clements Library at the University of Michigan.

Publisher:
University of Michigan

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Espionage
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

LII Database Information:
Record 2090 created by Marcia Coudyser on 12/27/1999
Last modification on 06/24/2003
Published: 12/27/1999  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2090