The Culper Ring

Intelligence Network • 1780 • Long Island

DISPATCHES: 0/4
NETWORK: ACTIVE
INTELLIGENCE: —

AGENT 711

New York Theatre of Operations • 1778–1781

Four intercepted dispatches have arrived via the usual route — Setauket to Oyster Bay to the whaleboat. Each is written under the medicine. Only you hold the counterpart.

Decode each dispatch using your codebook. Make the operational call. The right intelligence at the right moment built the foundation for Yorktown.

YOUR CODENAME: 711

Codebook

Cover Names

711 Washington

C——r Woodhull (Culper)

C——r Jr. Townsend (Culper Jr.)

John Bolton Tallmadge

the Friend loyalist informant

the Farmer British officer

Location Codes

10 New York City

20 Setauket

30 Oyster Bay

Tradecraft

the medicine invisible ink

the counterpart ink reagent

wool / flock soldiers/troops

the usual route NYC→20→30→whaleboat

the mill strategic landmark

Dispatch 1 of 4

Network Active

Intercepting transmission...

The Culper Ring

AGENT 711

Your Operational Decision

Dispatch Decoded — What it Actually Said

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