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Authors: Nancy Rubin Stuart

63
. HK to LK, October 29, 1777, HKP.

64
. HK to LK, December 22, 1777, HKP.

65
. Drake,
Life and Correspondence of Henry Knox
, 56.

66
. Arnold,
Life of Benedict Arnold
, 215.

67
. Decker,
Benedict Arnold
, 285–86.

CHAPTER 3

“The Delight, and Comfort of Her Adoring General”

1
. HK to WK, May 27, 1778, HKP.

2
. Ibid.

3
. Boyle,
Writings from the Valley Forge Encampment
, 131.

4
.
Papers of General Nathanael Greene
, 2: 444.

5
. HK to WK, September 23, 1776, HKP.

6
. HK to WK, May 27, 1778, HKP.

7
. HK to LK, June 29, 1778, HKP.

8
. Wainwright, “A Diary of Trifling Occurrences,” 463.

9
. Walker, “Life of Margaret Shippen,” 25: 480.

10
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 298.

11
. “Benedict Arnold’s Oath of Allegiance.”

12
.
Extracts from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker
, 106.

13
. Arnold,
Proceedings of a General Court Martial
, 21.

14
.
Extracts from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker
, 106.

15
.
Sally Wister’s Journal
, 62.

16
. BA to HJ, June 1778, HKP.

17
. HK to WK, June 25, 1778, HKP.

18
. Flexner,
Traitor and the Spy
, 223.

19
. Decker,
Benedict Arnold
, 302.

20
. Lewis,
Memoir of Edward Shippen
, 18.

21
. Hazard,
Register of Pennsylvania
, 389.

22
. Walker, “Life of Margaret Shippen,” 24: 417.

23
. Arnold,
Life of Benedict Arnold
, 240.

24
. Hart,
Mary White
, n.p.

25
. Ibid.

26
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 306.

27
. Ibid., 305–6.

28
. Walker, “Life of Margaret Shippen,” 25: 37.

29
. Flexner,
Traitor and the Spy
, 241.

30
. Walker, “Life of Margaret Shippen,” 25: 480.

31
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 307.

32
. Ibid., 308.

33
. Brandt,
Man in the Mirror
, 162.

34
.
Letters of Delegates to Congress
, January 27, 1779, 523.

35
.
Pennsylvania Packet
, November 14, 1778.

36
. Arnold,
Proceedings
of a General Court Martial
, 12.

37
. Ibid.; Joseph Reed to John Jay, January 25, 1779, 13; Joseph Reed to GW, April 24, 1779, both in Hazard,
Pennsylvania Archives
, 337f.

38
. John Cadwalader to NG, December 5, 1778, Lee Papers, 270.

39
. Brandt,
Man in the Mirror
, 163.

40
. Ibid., 165–66.

41
. Flexner,
Traitor and the Spy
, 36.

42
. Walker, “Life of Margaret Shippen,” 25: 35–36.

43
. Ibid., 38.

44
. Arnold,
Life of Benedict Arnold
, 230.

45
. Walker, “Life of Margaret Shippen,” 25: 38.

46
. Lewis,
Memoir of Edward Shippen
, 7–8.

47
. HK to WK, February 2, 1779, HKP.

48
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 317.

49
. Ibid., 317–19.

50
. Arnold,
Life of Benedict Arnold
, 231.

51
. Flexner,
Traitor and the Spy
, 245.

52
. Arnold,
Life of Benedict Arnold
, 230.

53
. Ibid.

54
. HK to WK, February 13, 1779, HKP.

55
. Walker, “Life of Margaret Shippen,” 25: 39.

56
.
Adams Family Papers
, 2: 183.

57
. Flexner,
Traitor and the Spy
, 253.

58
. Walker, “Life of Margaret Shippen,” 25: 40.

CHAPTER 4

“Our Sweetest Hopes Embittered by Disappointment”

1
. HK to WK, November 16, 1778, HKP.

2
.
Writings of George Washington
, 14: 122.

3
. HK to WK, November 15, 1778, HKP.

4
. HK to WK, February 28, 1779, HKP.

5
. Thacher,
Military Journal
, 159.

6
.
Pennsylvania Packet
, March 6, 1779.

7
. “Ball at Pluckemin in 1779 Was Big Social Event of the Revolution,”
Somerset (NJ) Messenger-Gazette
, May 17, 1939.

8
.
Papers of General Nathanael Greene
, 3: 354.

9
.
Pennsylvania Packet
, March 6, 1779.

10
. Ibid.

11
.
New Jersey Journal
, February 23, 1779.

12
. HK to WK, February 28, 1779, HKP.

13
. HK to WK, April 3, 1779, HKP.

14
. HK to WK, April 24, 1779, HKP.

15
. HK to WK, May 7, 1779, HKP.

16
. HK to WK, May 18, 1779, HKP.

17
. Clinton,
American Rebellion
, 125n7.

18
. HK to LK, June 14, 1779, HKP.

19
. HK to LK, June 29, 1779, HKP.

20
. Mellick,
Story of an Old Farm
, 471.

21
.
Papers of General Nathanael Greene
, 4: 244.

22
. HK to LK, August 8, 1779, HKP.

23
. Cadou,
George Washington Collection
, 75.

24
. Boswell,
Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson
, 160.

25
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 287.

26
. Walker, “Life of Margaret Shippen,” 25: 453.

27
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 324.

28
. Chesterfield,
Letters
, 256–57.

29
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 325–26.

30
. Ibid., 326.

31
. Ibid., 327–28.

32
. Ibid., 330.

33
. MA to Edward Shippen, July 5, 1801, Shippen Family Papers.

34
. Pope,
Poetical Works
, 145.

35
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 196.

36
. Ibid., 439–40.

37
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 339.

38
. Ibid.

39
. BA to GW, May 15, 1779, GWP.

40
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 339.

41
. “Diary of Grace Growden Galloway,” 55: 79.

42
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 201–2.

43
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 343.

44
. Ibid., 345.

45
. Ibid., 348.

46
. Ibid., 350.

47
. Ibid., 351.

48
. Ibid., 352.

49
. Ibid., 355.

CHAPTER 5

“Fortitude under Stress”

1
. “Diary of Grace Growden Galloway,” 58: 181–82.

2
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 357.

3
. Ibid.

4
. Ibid., 357–58.

5
.
Extracts from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker
, 122.

6
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 361.

7
. Ibid., 362.

8
. Ibid.

9
. Hatch,
Major John André
, 214–15.

10
. Martin,
Narrative of a Revolutionary Solder
, 143.

11
. Sherman,
Historic Morristown
, 333.

12
. Thacher,
Military Journal
, 185.

13
. Brandt,
Man in the Mirror
, 186.

14
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 366.

15
. Ibid., 379–80.

16
. Ibid., 380–81.

17
. Ibid., 385.

18
.
Papers of General Nathanael Greene
, 5: 365.

19
.
Writings of George Washington
, 17: 357.

20
. Martin,
Narrative of a Revolutionary Solder
, 148.

21
. “To the Magistrates of New Jersey,” circular, January 8, 1780, GWP.

22
. New Jersey State Archives.

23
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 381.

24
. Ibid., 382.

25
. Ibid., 386.

26
. Ibid., 387.

27
. Ibid., 397.

28
. Ibid., 390.

29
. Ibid., 395.

30
. Ibid., 398.

31
. Ibid., 399–400.

32
. Ibid., 403.

33
. Flexner,
Traitor and the Spy
, 311.

34
. Arnold,
Life of Benedict Arnold
, 284–85.

35
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 468.

36
. Ibid., 303.

37
.
Writings of George Washington
, 19: 309.

38
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 303–4.

39
. Ibid., 304.

40
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 421.

41
. Smith,
Authentic Narrative
, 15–16.

42
. Ibid., 17.

43
. David Franks to BA, August 28, 1780, GWP.

44
. Arnold,
Life of Benedict Arnold
, 234.

45
. Ibid.

46
. BA, “Travel Instructions,” August 1780, GWP.

47
. Bischoff, “Resourceful Woman,” 94.

48
. Pidgin,
Theodosia
, 173.

CHAPTER 6

“As Good and Innocent as an Angel”

1
. BA to HK, August 8, 1780, HKP.

2
. Hamilton,
History of the United States
, 78.

3
. GW to BA, September 13, 1780, GWP.

4
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 315.

5
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 285.

6
. Ibid., 265.

7
. Smith,
Authentic Narrative
, 16.

8
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 315; Hart,
Varick Court of Inquiry
, 124–25, 171–72; Johnston, “Colonel Varick,” 336.

9
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 319.

10
. Ibid.

11
. Ibid., 317.

12
. Ibid.

13
. Beverly Robinson to BA, September 19, 1780, GWP.

14
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 327.

15
. Ibid., 328.

16
. Ibid., 474.

17
. Hatch,
Major John André
, 235.

18
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 339; Hart,
Varick
Court of Inquiry
, 126–27, 178–79.

19
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 342–43.

20
. Ibid., 343–44.

21
. Ibid., 344.

22
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 532.

23
. Ibid., 491.

24
. Ibid., 493.

25
. Ibid.

26
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 345–46.

27
. Ibid., 346.

28
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 533.

29
. Sparks,
Life and Treason
, 108.

30
. Hamilton,
Library of American History
, 40.

31
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 533.

32
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 348.

33
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 533.

34
. Sparks,
Life and Treason
, 108.

35
. Flexner,
Traitor and the Spy
, 372.

36
. BA to GW, September 25, 1780, GWP.

37
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 348–49.

38
. Ibid.

39
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 510–11.

40
. Walker, “Life of Margaret Shippen,” 25: 294.

41
. Lea,
Hero and a Spy
, 511.

CHAPTER 7

“A Momentary Pang”

1
. Hatch,
Major John André
, 251.

2
. Koke,
Accomplice in Treason
, 111.

3
. Hatch,
Major John André
, 251.

4
. Abbatt,
Crisis of the Revolution
, 48.

5
. GW to NG, September 25, 1780, GWP.

6
. Callahan,
Henry Knox,
164.

7
. Van Doren,
Secret History
, 352–53.

8
. Thacher,
Military Journal
, 256.

9
. Ibid., 256–57.

10
. Smith,
Authentic Narrative
, 44

11
. Hatch,
Major John André
, 242.

12
. Ibid., 242–43.

13
. Ibid., 244.

14
. Ibid., 246.

15
. Scheer,
Rebels and Redcoats
, 382.

16
. JA to GW, September 24, 1780, GWP.

17
. Flexner,
Traitor and the Spy
, 377.

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