A Vindication of General Samuel Holden Parsons

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Excerpt from A Vindication of General Samuel Holden Parsons: Against the Charge of Treasonable Correspondence During the Revolutionary WarEspionage in war is considered an imperative necessity, but the risk run by employing it cannot be overestimated, both as regards the fate of the spy and the reputation of his employer. It was by this means that Washington kept himself well informed of the secret designs of British com manders. His spies, unknown to each other, were stationed atevery point in New York. They were usually on terms of intimacy with the British officers and were enabled to Ob tain their information from the most reliable sources and, had their correspondence been preserved, it is altogether probable that many of them would enjoy a reputation as doubtful as that which Sir Henry Clinton's record of secret correspondence has secured for Heron.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.