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Washington Faces Treason Plot and British Threat to New York
The era’s crisis deepens as conspirators with ties to British agents face arrest, including Hickey who is condemned to hang for treason after claims of plotting with Lynch. Washington tightens defenses, rushes arms, and orders movem ents along the North River as a British strike looms on New York with hundreds of ships sighted near Gravesend and Staten Island.
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George Washington
New York
Hickey
Washington
Congress of
David Matthews
New York City
Minyoes
General Washington
United Colonies of
America
Michael Lynch
William Leary
Mason
Leary
Congressional Committee
Govetween
Matthews
Gilbert Forbes
Forbes
Mathews
Ard Corp
William Greene
Greene
North River
Torres
Staten Leland