158 England’s infamous Hell-Fire club, a band of orgy-loving rakes, doubled as the center of British espionage during the American Revolution. According to the author’s evidence, Franklin was a member in good standing known to the British Secret Service as "Agent No. 72." (msuweb.montclair.edu) posted 1 year ago by villageidiot22 1 year ago by villageidiot22 +161 / -3 64 comments share 64 comments share save hide report block hide replies
I recommend the book How The Nation Was Won by H Graham Lowry.
He covers this but his claim was that Franklin was essentially using them to gain intelligence and trolling them.
It also covers the Jesuits and how they took control of the British crown in the century leading up to the revolution.