Benedict Arnold is famous for betraying his country–but it was his wife who made the treason possible.
Starring: Susan Yeagley as Peggy Shippen and Andy Richter as Benedict Arnold. Also featuring: Luke Millington-Drake, Jim O’Heir, Matt Gourley, and Roman Mars.
Show notes:
John Andre sketch of Peggy Shippen
Source List:
American Battlefield Trust, Peggy Shippen, 10 Facts: Benedict Arnold and Peggy Shippen, Benedict Arnold
History.com, Benedict Arnold
New York Historical Society, Life Story: Margaret “Peggy” Shippen Arnold
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History.com, Why Benedict Arnold Tried to Capture Quebec
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Brobeck, Stephen. “Revolutionary Change in Colonial Philadelphia: The Brief Life of the Proprietary Gentry.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, 1976, pp. 410–34. JSTOR
Benedict Arnold, Patriot and Traitor by Willard Sterne Randall, ©1990 by Willard Sterne Randall, 2001 Dorset Press
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