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Chief Justice Edward Shippen of Pennsylvania, painted by Gilbert Stuart Benedict Arnold. Margaret Shippen was born July 11, 1760, in Philadelphia, the fourth and youngest daughter of Edward Shippen IV and Margaret Francis, the daughter of Tench Francis, Sr.; she was nicknamed "Peggy". [1]
Peggy Shippen… did have a significant role in the plot. She exerted powerful influence on her husband, who is said to have been his own man but who actually was swayed by his staff and certainly by his wife. Peggy came from a loyalist family in Philadelphia; she had many ties to the British. She… was the conduit for information to the ...
Arnold courts Peggy and eventually proposes marriage to her. Peggy's father Judge Shippen objects to the marriage because of Arnold's self-righteous Puritanism, his lowly circumstances, his reputation as a "thin-skinned hothead", Reed's attacks on his character in newspapers, and his being a cripple because of his injury at Saratoga.
Arnold's Loyalist wife, Peggy Shippen, was one of the go-betweens in his correspondence with André. Arnold steadily provided the British with vital intelligence on American military movements and General George Washington's strategies. His ultimate goal was to be the key player in helping the British achieve a decisive blow against American ...
Ksenia Solo (born 8 October 1987; pronounced / k ə ˈ s ɛ n j ə ˈ s oʊ l oʊ / [1]) is a Latvian-Canadian actress known for portraying Mackenzie "Kenzi" Malikov on Lost Girl.She portrayed Peggy Shippen on Turn: Washington's Spies.
Peggy is a 1970 historical novel by Lois Duncan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a semi-fictionalized account of the life of Peggy Shippen , the second wife of General Benedict Arnold , a prominent figure in Philadelphia after the American Revolutionary War .
Mount Pleasant was also home to Benedict Arnold and his wife Peggy Shippen. Arnold purchased the mansion on March 22, 1779, for his new bride, and specifically made the property over to her, although, due to the high price of the estate and Benedict's deteriorating funds, he had to sell it, thus the couple never got a chance to move in.
During the summer of 1778 Arnold met Peggy Shippen, the 18-year-old daughter of Judge Edward Shippen, a Loyalist sympathizer who had done business with the British while they occupied the city. [76] Peggy had been courted by British Major John André during the British occupation of Philadelphia. [77] Peggy and Arnold married on April 8, 1779. [78]