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From: "Sally Rolls Pavia" <>
Subject: [NEWGEN] Benedict Arnold: The Making of a Traitor
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 08:18:53 -0700

Benedict Arnold's performance at the Battles of Saratoga contributed to the
American victory there. But a bitter rivalry with his commander helped start
Arnold down the road to treason.

by Steve Puleo for American History Magazine

The season was changing. Hot afternoons gave way to cool evenings and cooler
mornings as summer turned to autumn in New York's upper Hudson Valley.
Beneath the green, red, and orange canopy of leaves shrouding the hills that
straddled the Hudson River, a different sort of transformation was taking
place. Four months into British Lieutenant General John Burgoyne's invasion
of the northern colonies, his army had collided with Major General Horatio
Gates's entrenched Americans. Now, on September 19, 1777, the first of two
fateful battles--bound to alter the course of the American Revolution--had
begun.

To finish the story, go to:
http://americanhistory.about.com/library/prm/blbenedictarnold1.htm

NOTE: Found this online and thought it would go nicely with the article re
Benedict Arnold.

>From the Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa.), 16 October 1838, page 3:

The Wages of Treason .. Two sons of Benedict Arnold the traitor are yet
living in England and in receipt of 162. Their names are James R. and
William F; and their ages 57 and 44. The London Spectator makes the
following comment on this reward of treason: "Without passing any judgment
on Arnold's morality, we admit that his sons are entitled to the pension."


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