Treason committed
05/1779 AD wrote to
Arnold hired Joseph Stansbury to initiate communications in May 1779, offering his services to the British not long after he married. General Clinton gave Major André orders to pursue the possibility, and secret communications began between André and Arnold. The messages that they exchanged were sometimes transmitted through Peggy's actions; letters written in her hand also include coded communications written by Benedict Arnold in invisible ink.
Pursuant to the secret communications with the British, he sought (and soon obtained) the command of West Point, a critical American defense post
Philadelphia, PA
Lattitude: 39.9525° N
Longitude: 75.1652° W
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Lattitude: 39.9525° N
Longitude: 75.1652° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Subjects Who or What wrote to?
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Benedict Arnold American military office... -
Peggy Shippen (Margaret Shippen) The second wife of Gener...
Objects To Whom or What was wrote to?
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England Nation -
John André Head of its Secret Servi...
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