deterioration of, 200, 207–208; family life at, 186; replica of, as museum, 208
Morning Herald and Daily Advertiser
(London newspaper), 137
Morning Post
(London newspaper), 191
Morris, Gouverneur, 43, 140, 142, 143
Morris, Mary White, 45, 79
Morris, Robert, 43, 45, 69, 70, 79, 112
Morris family, 167
Mount Pleasant, 53, 138–139
Mount Vernon, 127–128, 172, 179
Murray, John, 20
mutiny in Continental army, 118–119, 122–123
Newburgh Address, 143
New Haven Gazette and Connecticut Magazine
, 153
New London, Connecticut, 126–127
New London Bookstore, 17, 25, 150
New Royal Military College, 203
New York City: attacks on, 26, 28, 87; British departure for, 41; British evacuation of, 145–146; Peggy’s social life in, 123–124; Washington’s march through, 145–146
Norris Tavern, 71, 72
North, Lord Frederick, 137
“Ode Addressed to General Arnold” (“Lady Craven”), 136
Odell, Jonathan, 63
Of the Social Contract
(Rousseau), 186
“Old Ironsides,” 173
Osgood, Samuel, 142, 147
Otis, Harrison Gray, 181, 194
Paca, Nancy, 6
Paine, Thomas, 11
Parliament, British, 136–137, 138
patriots: disgust for Quakers, 4–5; drabness of women, 44; exodus from Philadelphia, 7; fear of, in Philadelphia, 39–40; Neddy Shippen’s capture by, 12–13; Peggy ill-treated by, 107, 157; scorn for “disaffected,” 43–44; suspicious of Shippen, 11; view of flirtations with British officers, 6
patronage, 171
Paulding, John, 105
Peale, Charles Willson, 37
Peirce, Joseph, 171
Pennsylvania, militia subdues food riot, 70; Peggy exiled from, 111–112; Whiskey Rebellion in, 173.
See also
Philadelphia; Supreme Executive Council (of Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,
108, 211
Pennsylvania Packet,
15, 48, 51, 52, 57, 109, 110
Penobscot tribe, 180–181
Pepperrell, Andrew, 20
Petty-FitzMaurice, William (Earl of Shelburne), 137
Philadelphia: Arnold as governor of, 40–43; curfew in, 42; life of Shippen family in, 11–12, 40; need for order in, 39; regains former splendor, 165–166; shops closed in, 42, 43; social life under British, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12; summer heat and disease, 165, 168, 172; surrenders to Howe’s troops, 3–4, 7, 12, 33
Phipps, Pownall, 209, 210
Pickering, Thomas, 6–7, 80
Pitt, William “the Younger,” 137, 175, 190
Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment, 55–56, 150, 205
Poellnitz, Lady Anne, 152
Pollard, Mary Johnson (Lucy’s friend), 26, 28, 30
Portland, Duke of, 187
portraits: of Benedict Arnold, 38; of Henry Knox, 18; of Maj. John André, 102; of Peggy Arnold, 134; Peggy receives father’s portrait, 177–178
President
(American frigate), 173
Prevost, James Marcus, 83
Prevost, Theodosia, 83, 108
prisoners of war: slaughtered by British, 126, 140–141
protests: Arnold burned in effigy, 109–110, 121, 158; mutiny in Continental army, 118–119, 122–123; Philadelphia food riot, 69–70; Shays’s Rebellion, 152–153, 159; Whiskey Rebellion, 173
Public Advertiser
(London newspaper), 133
Quakers (Society of Friends), 3, 4–5
Rawson, Francis Lord, 4
Rebel
(American privateer), 133
Redman, Becky (Peggy’s friend), 5, 13
Reed, Eliza Taylor, 196
Reed, Joseph: accusation against Peggy, 109; accusations against Arnold, 48, 61; complaints against “disaffected,” 44; compromise with mutineers, 119; demands delay of court-martial, 61–62; distrust of Arnold, 42, 43; food riot and, 70; as greedy and ambitious, 42–43; Matlack’s complaints to, 47; outrage at dropped charges, 52–53; proposed hanging of Loyalists, 44; Shippen family suspicious of, 51; threats to Supreme Executive Council, 48–49
Reed, Josiah, 196
The Republican Court. . .
(Griswold), 159–160, 161
Revere, Paul, 17, 185, 198
Robinson, Beverly: defense of André, 112–113; fears for André, 94; home as place for Arnold’s treason, 88–89; meeting with Arnold, 81, 82; seditious letter to Arnold, 89, 90–91; signal to Arnold, 89
Robuste
(British ship), 130–131,
Morning Herald and Daily Advertiser
(London newspaper), 137
Morning Post
(London newspaper), 191
Morris, Gouverneur, 43, 140, 142, 143
Morris, Mary White, 45, 79
Morris, Robert, 43, 45, 69, 70, 79, 112
Morris family, 167
Mount Pleasant, 53, 138–139
Mount Vernon, 127–128, 172, 179
Murray, John, 20
mutiny in Continental army, 118–119, 122–123
Newburgh Address, 143
New Haven Gazette and Connecticut Magazine
, 153
New London, Connecticut, 126–127
New London Bookstore, 17, 25, 150
New Royal Military College, 203
New York City: attacks on, 26, 28, 87; British departure for, 41; British evacuation of, 145–146; Peggy’s social life in, 123–124; Washington’s march through, 145–146
Norris Tavern, 71, 72
North, Lord Frederick, 137
“Ode Addressed to General Arnold” (“Lady Craven”), 136
Odell, Jonathan, 63
Of the Social Contract
(Rousseau), 186
“Old Ironsides,” 173
Osgood, Samuel, 142, 147
Otis, Harrison Gray, 181, 194
Paca, Nancy, 6
Paine, Thomas, 11
Parliament, British, 136–137, 138
patriots: disgust for Quakers, 4–5; drabness of women, 44; exodus from Philadelphia, 7; fear of, in Philadelphia, 39–40; Neddy Shippen’s capture by, 12–13; Peggy ill-treated by, 107, 157; scorn for “disaffected,” 43–44; suspicious of Shippen, 11; view of flirtations with British officers, 6
patronage, 171
Paulding, John, 105
Peale, Charles Willson, 37
Peirce, Joseph, 171
Pennsylvania, militia subdues food riot, 70; Peggy exiled from, 111–112; Whiskey Rebellion in, 173.
See also
Philadelphia; Supreme Executive Council (of Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,
108, 211
Pennsylvania Packet,
15, 48, 51, 52, 57, 109, 110
Penobscot tribe, 180–181
Pepperrell, Andrew, 20
Petty-FitzMaurice, William (Earl of Shelburne), 137
Philadelphia: Arnold as governor of, 40–43; curfew in, 42; life of Shippen family in, 11–12, 40; need for order in, 39; regains former splendor, 165–166; shops closed in, 42, 43; social life under British, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12; summer heat and disease, 165, 168, 172; surrenders to Howe’s troops, 3–4, 7, 12, 33
Phipps, Pownall, 209, 210
Pickering, Thomas, 6–7, 80
Pitt, William “the Younger,” 137, 175, 190
Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment, 55–56, 150, 205
Poellnitz, Lady Anne, 152
Pollard, Mary Johnson (Lucy’s friend), 26, 28, 30
Portland, Duke of, 187
portraits: of Benedict Arnold, 38; of Henry Knox, 18; of Maj. John André, 102; of Peggy Arnold, 134; Peggy receives father’s portrait, 177–178
President
(American frigate), 173
Prevost, James Marcus, 83
Prevost, Theodosia, 83, 108
prisoners of war: slaughtered by British, 126, 140–141
protests: Arnold burned in effigy, 109–110, 121, 158; mutiny in Continental army, 118–119, 122–123; Philadelphia food riot, 69–70; Shays’s Rebellion, 152–153, 159; Whiskey Rebellion, 173
Public Advertiser
(London newspaper), 133
Quakers (Society of Friends), 3, 4–5
Rawson, Francis Lord, 4
Rebel
(American privateer), 133
Redman, Becky (Peggy’s friend), 5, 13
Reed, Eliza Taylor, 196
Reed, Joseph: accusation against Peggy, 109; accusations against Arnold, 48, 61; complaints against “disaffected,” 44; compromise with mutineers, 119; demands delay of court-martial, 61–62; distrust of Arnold, 42, 43; food riot and, 70; as greedy and ambitious, 42–43; Matlack’s complaints to, 47; outrage at dropped charges, 52–53; proposed hanging of Loyalists, 44; Shippen family suspicious of, 51; threats to Supreme Executive Council, 48–49
Reed, Josiah, 196
The Republican Court. . .
(Griswold), 159–160, 161
Revere, Paul, 17, 185, 198
Robinson, Beverly: defense of André, 112–113; fears for André, 94; home as place for Arnold’s treason, 88–89; meeting with Arnold, 81, 82; seditious letter to Arnold, 89, 90–91; signal to Arnold, 89
Robuste
(British ship), 130–131,
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