Benjamin Talmadge person

“And so when I say abolitionist, I'm going to get into that in a little bit. But I just wanted to set that table. Fair enough? Yes. All right. So Nathan Hale went to college at a place called Yale University. Here it comes. When he was 14 ye…”

“He's a member of the Linolean Society and the Brothers in Unity, which is interesting because they were kind of rivals here. And one of the two, I guess he's in both, gets out of college, becomes a superintendent of schools. And then, of co…”

“General George Washington makes him the director of military intelligence, and he recruits a bunch of other people to become part of what's known as the Culper Ring. I'll get to why they call them Culpers in a second. Real quick, just a lit…”

“Uh, to Tara in the rumble chat. Yes, that is the correct spell. And let me see what's linoleum. I'll spell it out for you. Hang on. Uh, L I N O N. I, you got it spelled right in chat. Okay. So the culprits firing. So important characters. N…”

“This is not a good time to be alive. He got really motivated to get involved because his cousin, his brigadier general by the name of Nathaniel Woodhull, got captured, tortured, and pretty much brutalized. So in August of 1778, Talmadge, wh…”

“General George Washington makes him the director of military intelligence, and he recruits a bunch of other people to become part of what's known as the Culper Ring. I'll get to why they call them Culpers in a second. Real quick, just a lit…”

“The Federalists got driven out of power, but that's when Talmadge actually gets elected when the rest of his party disappears. A couple other side notes. He defended a guy by the name of Uriah Tracy against accusations by John Quincy Adams …”