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Peggy Shippen Arnold and the Revolution’s greatest tragedy
The article weighs whether Peggy Shippen Arnold aided Benedict Arnold in his treason or acted as a coerced accomplice. It traces her youth in Philadelphia, romance with Major Andre, West Point plots, and the eventual fallout including exile, scandal, and a British court pension, ending with her fading triumph and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Edward Shippen
Vice-Admiralty Court of
Philadelphia
Peggy
Shippen
Margaret
Peggy Shippen Arnold
Benedict Arnold
Arnold
Charles Coleman Sellers
Warrior
Major Andre
Andre
E. Irvine Haines
New York Times
Sir Henry Clinton
Aaron Burr
Quebec
Saratoga
Continental
Clinton
John Hancock
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Washington
Adams
Peggy. Shippen
England
Haines
Peggy Shippen
Europe
John Andre
Royal English Fusiliers
Guy Carleton
Canada
John Anderson
Continental Congress
Pennsylvania
New York City
Henry Clinton
Brandywine
Germantown
General Howe
Lord Germain
New York
Galloway
Germain
Earfy
Elizabeth Tilghman
Elizabeth
West Point
Randolph Adams
University of Michigan Mbrary
Lower Manhattan
Benedict
Benedict’ Arnold
George
Pegay