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Robert Townsend (November 25 1753 – March 7 1838) was a member of the Culper Ring during the American Revolution. With the aliases “Samuel Culper Jr.” and “723” Townsend operated in New York City and gathered information as a service to General George Washington. He is one of the least known operatives in the spy ring once demanding that Abraham Woodhull aka “Samuel Culper” never tell his name to anyone not even Washington.
