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| | JAMES MOODY |
 | | Moody's first specific mission in military intelligence, as distinquished from illegal recruiting, was assigned him in May, 1778, just as General Howe was giving up the command to Sir Henry Clinton, for whom Moody, in the next few years, was to carry out one daring feat in espionage after another. |
 | | Moody left New York May 18, 1778, with four companiions and, after a secret visit one day to his own home, spent the summer lurking in rebel territory, sending back information from time to time and returning only in mid September. |
 | | In mid-May, 1781, James Moody was nearly captured several times and had to fight his way back to New York; but the very next night, May 18, the intrepid Tory tried his luck again, feeling sure no patriots would expect him so soon after his defeat. |
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