Tallmadge
Americannoun
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“We don’t give up and you never close a murder case,” Tallmadge Police Chief Ron Williams told the station after Sapharas was served with the indictment Sept. 10.
From Fox News • Sep. 16, 2019
After important letters were lost during an enemy raid, Tallmadge invented a “numerical dictionary” code that matched 763 cities, names, and words to numbers.
From National Geographic • Jul. 3, 2017
Rather than directing his wrath at Lee, however, Washington blames Tallmadge for actions that could discredit the Colonial troops.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2015
The debate about representation shifted to the morality of slavery itself when New York representative James Tallmadge, an opponent of slavery, attempted to amend the statehood bill in the House of Representatives.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
The numbers that Major Tallmadge assigned to members of the Culper Ring were from a secret writing system he invented.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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