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Daring Revolutionary War spy Enoch Crosby, who bedeviled the British in Putnam and Westchester counties, is perhaps the most famous of the Town of Southeast’s elected officials.Crosby was Southeast supervisor in 1812-13 and is believed to be the model for Harvey Birch, the main character in James Fenimore Cooper’s “The Spy.”At a time when both counties were hotbeds of Revolutionary War activity just to the north of British-occupied New York City, Crosby was a double-agent…
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