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Coming Undone
When we last withdrew from the saga of New Havener Benedict Arnold, it was early in the morning on September 22, 1780. Arnold was meeting, face-to-face for the first time,...
Coming Undone
When we last withdrew from the saga of New Havener Benedict Arnold, it was early in the morning on September 22, 1780. Arnold was meeting, face-to-face for the first time,...
The Plot Thickens
When we last departed New Havener Benedict Arnold in the spring of 1779, the twice-injured American war hero, then commanding the colonial capital Philadelphia, was under siege, and not by...
The Plot Thickens
When we last departed New Havener Benedict Arnold in the spring of 1779, the twice-injured American war hero, then commanding the colonial capital Philadelphia, was under siege, and not by...
Turning Points
The procession was attended with a numerous concourse of people, who after expressing their abhorrence of the treason and the traitor, committed him to the flames, and left both the...
Turning Points
The procession was attended with a numerous concourse of people, who after expressing their abhorrence of the treason and the traitor, committed him to the flames, and left both the...
Reasonable Doubts
When we last left New Havener Benedict Arnold, it was August 1775. Following clues contained within newspapers of the day, we got to know the unfamous, not the infamous, Arnold—the...
Reasonable Doubts
When we last left New Havener Benedict Arnold, it was August 1775. Following clues contained within newspapers of the day, we got to know the unfamous, not the infamous, Arnold—the...
Lots and Lots
Finding and claiming a piece of local history is like panning a river for gold, except, in the Information Age, you can do it from home while wearing your jammies....
Lots and Lots
Finding and claiming a piece of local history is like panning a river for gold, except, in the Information Age, you can do it from home while wearing your jammies....
Paper Trail
On paper, New Havener Benedict Arnold is America’s most infamous traitor. In the papers, he was more. In the December 1, 1769, edition of the weekly four-pager The Connecticut Journal,...
Paper Trail
On paper, New Havener Benedict Arnold is America’s most infamous traitor. In the papers, he was more. In the December 1, 1769, edition of the weekly four-pager The Connecticut Journal,...