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Escape Across the Hudson amid a Revolutionary Prisoner Plot
The narrator describes a perilous night escape after a planned abduction and spy operation led by Sir Henry Clinton. Amid betrayals and a furious confrontation with Mrs Badely, the heroine Gertrude King defies arrest, while the narrator evades guards and navigates the marshy meadows and redoubts toward Greenwich, hoping to reach safety and aided by secret allies.
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Sir Henry Clinton
Clinton
Mise Gertrude
Henry
Lounabury
Gertrude
Cruger’s Wharf
Ag Tie
Jastenl
Kingsbridge
Ibael
Washington
Jerseys
Leoney Clinton
Beverly
Ugland
Henry Clinton
Redling
George Germain
Germain
America
London
Gertrude King
Berties
Weberus
Ghatrude King
Clinton Atood
Mus
Meroly
Lownebury
Ghetta
Don
Chad
Knight
Centry
Tyas
Lounsbury
Thorndykean
L-4
Hemdscape
Mr. Badely
Beammell
Hudson
Che Hudaon
Hich
Piyself
Stryker
Garriot
Mrs. Badely
Fitat
Taterhead
King's College
Lantaatride
Parauié
Greenwich
Appeeydd
Badeo