Benjamin Tallmadge 553px-Benjamin_Tallmadge_by_Ezra_Ames

Identity

Spouse

Mary Floyd married in 1784 (d.1805)

Maria Hallett married in 1808

Born

February 25, 1754

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Children

William Smith Tallmadge

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Frederick A. Tallmadge

Maria Jones Tallmadge

Benjamin Tallmadge, Jr.

Harriet Tallmadge Delafield

Careers

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seat in Congress

established a successful mercantile and importing business

the first treasurer of the Society of the Cincinnati

president of the Connecticut society

Federalist Party member of the US House of Representatives

Died

March 7, 1835

aged 81

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Culper Spy Ring

Formation - 1778

Dissolved - 1783

Headquarters

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Members

George Washington

Abraham Woodhull

Robert Townsend

Caleb Brewster

Austin Roe

Anna Strong

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Appearance

White hair

Light blue eyes

Down-curved nose

Pink cheeks

Life

Early life 🕐

classmates with Nathan Hale

graduated from Yale in 1773

superintendent of Wethersfield High School

Adult life 🕓

position of director of military intelligence

helped reveal the betrayal of Benedict Arnold.

ordered the burning of british hay at Coram (3000 tons)

Later life 🕘

1792, appointed postmaster

1841, president of the Phoenix Branch Bank