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For 250 Years, America Celebrated the Spy Who Failed and Forgot the One Who Succeeded, a 17-Year-Old Boy.

This year, the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence. A completely forgotten figure in this story has just reappeared. Historian Claire Bellerjeau has identified a letter from 1846 in the collections of the Center for Brooklyn History (Brooklyn Public Library). The document tells of the mission of a Connecticut teenager, David Maltbie, sent to spy on the British army on Long Island in the fall of 1776. Tiffany Yecke …
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This year, the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence. A completely forgotten figure in this story has just reappeared. Historian Claire Bellerjeau has identified a letter from 1846 in the collections of the Center for Brooklyn History (Brooklyn Public Library). The document tells of the mission of a Connecticut teenager, David Maltbie, sent to spy on the British army on Long Island in the fall of 1776. Tiffany Yecke …

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Science-et-vie.com broke the news on Saturday, August 22, 2026.
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