John André
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Major John André was a British Army officer who served as the head of Britain's intelligence operations during the American War for Independence. In September 1780, André negotiated with Continental A
Portrait by George Engleheart, 1772–1780
The location where André and Arnold plotted to surrender West Point to the British. It is located south of Haverstraw, New York, and forms part of the modern-day Hook Mountain State Park.
The Capture of Major Andre by Asher Durand, 1833 (Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts)
The Joshua Hett Smith House (since demolished) in 1909
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".
John André
…caused by the war, and the reluctance of the Continental Congress to grant him the promotions Arnold believed he deserved. 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…
Shippen, c. 1783-89
Chief Justice Edward Shippen of Pennsylvania, painted by Gilbert Stuart
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.