![The only reference to 355 appears in an August 15, 1779, letter: “I intend to visit 727 [Culper code for New York] before long and think by the assistance of a 355 [lady in the code] of my acquaintance, shall be able to outwit them all.”](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/DKuarzWXx90GgwuxzLmcGUQs1hw=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(700x527:701x528)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/3e/f6/3ef68184-743e-482c-aaca-0d50d75d9683/355.jpg)
The Myth of Agent 355, the Woman Spy Who Supposedly Helped Win the Revolutionary War
A single reference in the historical record has spawned an array of adaptations, most of which overstate the anonymous figure's role in the Culper Spy Ring
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