Elizabeth Burgin

WomenAmericans1700s1800s
Written By Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

Part of Culper’s Spy Ring

  • Helped American POWs escape from British prison ships

  • 200 reward offered for her capture

  • General Washington wrote to Congress of her heroism and her plight

  • Paid a pension for her services

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Heather isn’t a historian, an academic, or an impartial storyteller… but she has read more than one book about every U.S. president. Out of spite. She was dubbed America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler by one of her favorite authors and she’s been repeating it ever since. When she’s not reading or doodling history books, she’s a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.

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