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Identifier: magazineofamericv4stev (find matches)
Title: The magazine of American history with notes and queries
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910. ed. cn DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904. ed. cn Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923, ed. cn Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893. ed. cn Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-1894 ed Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, comp
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Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes
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tion of the British flag. On Washingtons arrival at the house, and discovery of the treasonshortly after Arnolds flight, it was resolved if possible to intercept thetraitor on the way, and his aids, Hamilton and McHenry started :A.once on horseback for Verplancks Point, but Arnold had the start of hispursuers some six hours, and long before they left the house he must havebeen under cover of the Vultures guns. Mrs. Arnold, meanwhile, remained in her room in a state described asbordering on frenzy. The General, wrote Hamilton to Miss Schuyler, went up to see her, and she upbraided him with being in a plot to mur-der her child. One moment she raved, and another she melted intotears. We have every reason to believe, continued Hamilton, * thatshe was entirely unacquainted with the plan ; and that the first knowl-edge of it was when Arnold went to tell her that he must banish himselffrom his country and from her forever. We have not the space here to enter into a discussion of the questioa
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Robinsons house ix tiik Hudson highlands 113 of Mrs. Arnolds knowledge of her husbands schemes. The opinionsof historians generally have acquitted her of being an accessor)- to thetreasonous plot, despite the assertion of Burr that she told Mrs. Prevostshe was heartily sick of the theatricals she was exhibiting, and had, by great persuasion and unceasing perseverance, brought the General intoan arrangement to surrender West Point to the British. That shecame of thoroughly Tory stock, and was the personal friend of MajorAndre is undeniable, but it seems to be balanced by the evidence ofMajor Franks, of our army. Franks was one of Arnolds aides, and be-cause he was charged with the duty of attending on Mrs. Arnold, waspopularly known among his fellow officers as the nurse. He statesthat Arnold could not have ventured to trust her, as she was subject toattacks of nervous indisposition, when she would give utterance to any-thing and everything that was in her mind. This, said Franks, wasa

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