Townsend, Sally, 1760?-1842
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Townsend, Sally, 1760?-1842
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Townsend
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Sally
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1760?-1842
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Townsend, Sarah, 1760?-1842
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Townsend
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Sarah
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1760?-1842
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Sarah Townsend was thought to be an informant for George Washington's Culper Ring, a spy ring founded in the summer of 1778. Townsend lived in Oyster Bay and passed information to her brother, Robert Townsend, a main member of the ring. She died in December 1842 and is buried at the Townsend Cemetery.
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https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n86142169
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q58923943
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52465957
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Oyster Bay
NY, US
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Oyster Bay
NY, US
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New York (State)
NY, US
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