Curiosity about the Revolutionary War letters Bernadine Fawcett inherited led her to discover intimate accounts of a Patriot Spy Ring. Now as a great grandmother, Bernadine Fawcett, B.A. G.S.S (Fordham University) Counselor, Columnist, Author, Television and Radio Personality realizes the importance of sharing her research which ties her to the family of Vice President Aaron Burr. His obscure relatives Rev. Eliot, whose wife was a direct line descendent from Alfred the Great as was Aaron Burr, and Burr's first cousin, Thaddeus Burr, exchanged firsthand secret information dealing with Gen. Washington and other troop developments which was delivered (on occasion by John Hancock) to the elder reverend of the same name in Boston.
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This review is from: Missing Links to the Culper Spy Ring? (Paperback)
Bernadine Fawcett has created an homage to our nation's history by preserving letters from her husband's family that bring the Revolutionary War from the distant history books to a living piece of our past.
Mrs. Fawcett has painstakingly printed both the typed 'translation' and photocopy of many letters from Rev. Andrew Eliot in Connecticut to his father in Boston during the time of our nation's struggle for Independence. She carefully charts out the relationships of her husband's family with its ties to the family of Aaron Burr. She has included many copies of invaluable primary sources in the letters, photos and heirlooms. To be able to read the words of participants as the War begins and explodes around them is an unparalleled experience. This is what makes this an important vehicle to preserve our country's history. It was very generous of the author to create this means of sharing her family history with us.
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A unique contribution to our understanding of the Revolutionary War's inner-workings,
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Missing Links To The Culper Spy Ring? by Bernadine Fawcett is a unique contribution to our understanding of the Revolutionary War's inner-workings with respect to the use of espionage by the colonists against their British adversaries. Presenting readers with an in-depth analysis of Rev. Andrew Eliot's (a Connecticut revolutionary war spy) relationship to, and exchange of information between, George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Hancock, and Andrew Jackson, Missing Links To The Culper Spy Ring? leaves no detail out of its history of the lineage shared between Rev. Eliot's wife and Vice President Aaron Burr, and how letters between them led Bernadine Fawcett discover intimate accounts of a "Patriot Spy Ring" A seminal and quite original contribution to American Revolutionary War History, Missing Links To The Culper Spy Ring? is very highly recommended for personal, academic, and community library collections.
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We know of John Hancock, Geo. Washington, and Aaron Burr, but we seldom hear of the behind the scenes movers and shakers of the Revolutionary War. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Andrew Eliot, New York, Aaron Burr, Hon Sir, Long Island, Gershom Burr, John Hancock, Eliot Rev, Charles Burr Todd, Fairfield Conn, New England, Bernadine Fawcett, Judge Silliman, Uncle Bruce, Culper Spy Ring, New Haven, Vice President, Bruce Norton, Rhode Island, Alfred the Great, John Wells Burr, Lyman Fawcett, North River, Fairfield July, Laura Moore Fawcett New!
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We know of John Hancock, Geo. Washington, and Aaron Burr, but we seldom hear of the behind the scenes movers and shakers of the Revolutionary War. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
little poll, dutiful son, spy ring Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Andrew Eliot, New York, Aaron Burr, Hon Sir, Long Island, Gershom Burr, John Hancock, Eliot Rev, Charles Burr Todd, Fairfield Conn, New England, Bernadine Fawcett, Judge Silliman, Uncle Bruce, Culper Spy Ring, New Haven, Vice President, Bruce Norton, Rhode Island, Alfred the Great, John Wells Burr, Lyman Fawcett, North River, Fairfield July, Laura Moore Fawcett New!
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