Miss Jenny

Miss Jenny is an interesting little mystery. Not as interesting nor as tragic as the drama surrounding Agent 355, but a nice little mystery all its own. Miss Jenny, as we understand, was a French-speaking Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War who infiltrated the French camps during 1781 and passed information along to the British. [...]

Anna “Nancy” Smith Strong

You have to appreciate that the roots of American freedom is so squarely based on an excellent intelligence system overseen by George Washington…and that a lady hanging her drawers out to dry assisting in the cause. One of the ladies involved in these efforts was Anna “Nancy” Smith Strong. The only other female member of [...]

Agent 355

No name. No family. No picture. All because, quite frankly, we haven’t a damn clue who this chick is. Which is a shame, really, that Agent 355 should go down in history as a nameless number when she paid the ultimately spy-dame price for her country during the American Revolution. So here is what we [...]

Peggy Shippen Arnold

Benedict Arnold, the most infamous traitor in American history, has been undergoing a bit of transformation as late: one from being a nefarious turn-coat to that of being an under-appreciated, brilliant leader who was duped by love. Now I’m all for calling spade a spade, if nothing else, this blogs shows the wily and wonderful [...]

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