Arnold family
Family
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Arnold Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: M069
Abstract
Margaret (Peggy) Shippen Arnold (1760-1804) was the second wife of Benedict Arnold, with whom he had five children. Though her involvement in her husband's treason against the United States and association with the British is not clear, she did move the family with him to England and then to Canada and finally back to England where they lived in exile. Benedict Arnold died in 1801 and Margaret provided for her family, managing business affairs for her children and also his children from a...
Dates:
1781-1991; Majority of material found in 1798-1847
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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Arnold Family Papers
Documents, 1781-1843
Series
Identifier: M069.02
Scope and Contents
Series 2 contains papers relating to the Arnold family, including Power of Attorney papers between Benedict Arnold and his sons Richard and Henry Arnold dated 1798, as well as receipts and business correspondence relating to their land in Canada.
Dates:
1781-1843
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- Archival Object 1
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- American loyalists 1
- Canada 1
- Families 1
- Research notes 1
- Revolutionary War, American, 1775-1783 1