Edward Shippen IV
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Edward Shippen was an American lawyer, judge, government official, and prominent figure in colonial and post-revolutionary Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His fourth daughter, Margaret Shippen, was the se
Portrait of Shippen by Gilbert Stuart, 1796, National Gallery of Art
Portrait of Edward Shippen IV, by Robert Feke, 1750.
Peggy Shippen
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Margaret Shippen was the second wife of General Benedict Arnold. She has been described as "the highest-paid spy in the American Revolution".
Edward Shippen IV
…American lawyer, judge, government official, and prominent figure in colonial and post-revolutionary Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His fourth daughter, Margaret Shippen, was the second wife of Benedict Arnold. Shippen was born in Philadelphia, the son of merchant Edward Shippen III and, his first wife, Sarah Plumley…
Shippen, c. 1783-89
Image of a coded letter: Peggy Shippen Arnold's handwriting is interspersed with coded writing in Benedict Arnold's hand; Arnold's writing would have been in invisible ink.