1From John Jay to James Jay, 4 January 1776 (Jay Papers)
...Jay may have conducted a political correspondence in invisible ink that has not been found...
2Silas Deane to Robert Morris and the Committee of Secret Correspondence, 23 June 1776 (Franklin Papers)
...point was apparently a communication in invisible ink, which is no longer decipherable; see...
3From John Jay to Robert Morris, 15 September 1776 (Jay Papers)
...: unidentified document explaining the use of invisible ink (not found); decipherment,...
4To John Jay from Robert Morris, 23 September 1776 (Jay Papers)
..., 11–23 June 1776, incorporated in invisible ink within a letter ostensibly written by one...
5From John Jay to Robert Morris, 6 October 1776 (Jay Papers)
Decipherment of Text in Invisible Ink of Price Current and Continuation of Deane to Jay,...
6To John Jay from Silas Deane, 2 December 1776 (Jay Papers)
written in invisible ink and rendered visible by Bendikson through the use of ultraviolet...
7To John Jay from Robert Morris, 4 February 1777 (Jay Papers)
...to Morris of 17 Sept. 1776 written in invisible ink. In his letter to Morris, Deane advised...
8The American Commissioners to John Jay, 2 June 1777 (Franklin Papers)
...that another and closely similar communication in invisible ink, now lost, followed six...
9To John Jay from the American Commissioners (Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane), 2 June 1777 (Jay Papers)
...forward correspondence, much of it originally in invisible ink, from Deane and Franklin to the...
10To Benjamin Franklin from the Chevalier de la Pleignière, 8 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...in Franche-Comté. He encloses his secret method of making invisible ink; try it.
11To George Washington from John Jay, 19 November 1778 (Washington Papers)
...) College of New York. Jay developed his invisible ink in 1775 and used it throughout the...
12From John Jay to George Washington, 19 November 1778 (Jay Papers)
On the invisible ink developed by Sir James Jay, used previously in correspondence...
13To George Washington from Colonel Israel Shreve, 26 May 1779 (Washington Papers)
...flame, revealed secret letters written in invisible ink. The first letter, addressed to one...
14From George Washington to Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 13 June 1779 (Washington Papers)
GW is referring to invisible ink, which he sent in late July (see
15Enclosure: Samuel Culper to Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 15 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
For Townsend’s first request for invisible ink, see Culper to John Bolton, “June 31” (...
16From George Washington to Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 25 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
For background on this invisible ink, and its initial use, see
17To George Washington from Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 25 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
For the invisible ink, which GW sent on this date, see his
18Enclosure: Samuel Culper, Jr., to John Bolton, 29 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
...that document. Townsend acknowledged receipt of the invisible ink, which employed a stain, in...
19II. Samuel Culper to John Bolton, 15 August (Washington Papers)
The “Ink” refers to invisible ink, or “stain” (see Culper, Jr., to...
20From George Washington to Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 24 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
...3.” The “stain” was a type of invisible ink. Woodhull, as Samuel Culper, probably enclosed...
21Enclosure: Samuel Culper, Jr., to John Bolton, 29 October 1779 (Washington Papers)
Townsend is referring to invisible ink (see
22From George Washington to Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 30 October 1779 (Washington Papers)
GW is referring to the chemical reagent for invisible ink (see
23To George Washington from Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 1 November 1779 (Washington Papers)
Tallmadge is referring to invisible ink and components (see
24To George Washington from Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 15 January 1780 (Washington Papers)
...mentioned a shortage of reagent for invisible ink in his letter to Tallmadge of 12 Dec. 1779...
25From George Washington to Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 5 February 1780 (Washington Papers)
...last three words. “Stain” and “counterpart” refer to invisible ink and reagent.
26From George Washington to James Jay, 9 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
GW sought a new supply of invisible ink for espionage activities (see
27From George Washington to James Jay, 12 May 1780 (Washington Papers)
GW is referring to invisible ink for espionage activities.
28To George Washington from Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 22 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
The enclosed “blank Letter,” or letter written in invisible ink, from Culper, Jr., is filed in
29To George Washington from Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 28 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
...the Counterpart to read,” referring to the reagent for invisible ink.
30To George Washington from Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 4 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
..., Jr. (Robert Townsend’s alias) was written in invisible ink and is now illegible (
31To George Washington from Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 23 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
...” has not been identified. Tallmadge means invisible ink, which James Jay supplied and called...