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Dr. Benjamin Church, spy : a case of espionage on the eve of the American Revolution

"Dr. Benjamin Church, Jr. (1734-1778) was a respected medical man and civic leader in colonial Boston who was accused of being an agent for the British in the 1770s, providing compromising intelligence about the plans of the provincial leadership in Massachusetts as well as important informatio...

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Main Author: Nagy, John A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Yardley, PA : Westholme Publishing, 2013
Subjects and Genres:
Church, Benjamin.
Espionage > United States > History > 18th century.
Espionage > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Secret service.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Ancestry and early years
  • Boston massacre
  • A good drunk for only the cost of a copper
  • The spy game
  • The ciphered letter
  • Black treachery
  • Transformed vice into virtue
  • Paying the piper
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • A. Doctor Benjamin Church Jr.'s autopsy of Crispus Attucks
  • B. Letter from John Fleeming to Dr. Benjamin Church
  • C. Doctor Benjamin Church's intercepted letter
  • D. The mysterious woman with the ciphered letter
  • E. Council of war
  • F. Account of the examination of Dr. Benjamin Church written while he was in prison at Cambridge
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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