A botfly, also written bot fly, bott fly or bot-fly in various combinations, is any fly in the family Oestridae. Their life cycles vary greatly according to species, but the larvae of all species are internal parasites of mammals.
In the spring of 1783, the infant American republic was nearly snuffed-out in its cradle by mutinous army officers in what has been called the âNewburgh Conspiracy.â. British General Cornwallisâ surrender at Yorktown in October 1781 did not result in an immediate end to the war.
Culper Ring. The Culper Ring was a spy ring organized by American Major (later Colonel) Benjamin Tallmadge under orders from General George Washington in the summer of 1778 during British occupation of New York City at the height of the American Revolutionary War. The Culper name was suggested by Washington, who devised it from Culpeper County, Virginia.