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Her name was Phoebe fraunces. She was the daughter of "Black Sam" fraunces a West Indians Negro at whose taverns in New York City, Washington and his officers used to eat and where most of the revolution plans were discussed. In 1776 the British, hoping to head off the Revolution tried to poison Washington. Their agent was thomas Hickey, an Irishman who had won Washington"s confidence and hade bee...
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