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A coded communication. Handwriting by Peggy Shippen Arnold is interspersed with coded communication in Arnold's hand.. The Arnold Cipher was a book cipher used by John André and Benedict Arnold during the negotiations that led to Arnold's failed attempt to surrender West Point to the British in 1780.
John André was born on 2 May 1750, in London, England to wealthy Huguenot parents who had immigrated there from Continental Europe.His parents were Antoine André, a merchant from Geneva, and Marie Louise Girardot, who was born in Paris. [1]
To explain and justify his actions, Arnold wrote an open letter dated October 7, 1780 that was published on October 11 in New York by the Royal Gazette.This letter to "The Inhabitants of America" outlined what Arnold saw as the corruption, lies, and tyranny of the Second Continental Congress and the Patriot leadership.
The portrait of Arnold is at far left. Today the tavern is home to The Old '76 House restaurant.. ... It was built on the site of the trial of Major John Andre, which was held in a previous church ...
Arnold left for a business opportunity in 1784 and sent to Connecticut for his three sons Benedict, Richard, and Henry (by his first wife) to join him in Saint John, New Brunswick. During Arnold's stay in New Brunswick, Peggy Shippen Arnold gave birth to their third surviving child Sophia Matilda Arnold, while her husband may have fathered an ...
Arnold's British contact, Major John André, was caught and taken to North Castle, where the commander, Colonel John Jameson, ordered Lieutenant Solomon Allen to take the incriminating documents found with André to Arnold, who was still in command at West Point. Tallmadge suspected André of being a spy and Arnold of being his accomplice, and ...
A mysterious letter sent to the San Francisco Police Department in 2013 by a man who claimed to have escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was just obtained by local television station KPIX. ...
André had spies and informers keeping track of Arnold to verify his movements. Excited by the prospects, Clinton informed his superiors of his intelligence coup, but failed to respond to Arnold's July 7 letter. [87] Arnold next wrote a series of letters to Clinton, even before he might have expected a response to the July 7 letter.