Many historians point to her as facilitating Arnold's plans to switch sides; he opened secret negotiations with André, and Peggy relayed the messages | אשתו של ארנולד העמידה פנים שהיא חפה מפשע, ובאישורו של וושינגטון נשלחה לפילדלפיה |
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From the ship, he wrote a letter to Washington requesting that Peggy be given safe passage to her family in Philadelphia—which Washington granted | French and Indian War In 1755, Arnold was attracted by the sound of a drummer and attempted to enlist in the provincial militia for service in the , but his mother refused permission |
The pursuing American army included the , who was under orders from Washington to hang Arnold summarily if he was captured | At first, he asked for indemnification of his losses and £10,000, an amount that the Continental Congress had given for his services in the Continental Army |
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סרט נוסף בו קמברבאץ' כיכב והופק בשיתוף עם חברת ההפקות SunnyMarch היה "" | הפרויקט הראשון של החברה היה סרט במימון המונים בשם "Little Favour", אשר נכתב ובוים על ידי מונרו |
Arnold was promoted to brigadier general for his role in reaching Quebec, and he maintained an ineffectual siege of the city until he was replaced by Major General in April 1776.
18She exerted powerful influence on her husband, who is said to have been his own man but who actually was swayed by his staff and certainly by his wife | הוא נשפט בבית דין צבאי מספר פעמים |
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במכתב לחברו לשעבר, ג'ורג' וושינגטון, הוא כתב: "הייתה זו אהבה לארצי שהניעה אותי להתנהגותי הנוכחית, אולם זה עלול להיראות לא עקבי לעולם, שלעיתים רחוקות בלבד שופט אדם כהלכה לפי מעשיו" | Arnold received a commission as a brigadier general in the British Army, an annual pension of £360, and a lump sum of over £6,000 |
In Arnold's home town of Norwich, Connecticut, someone scrawled "the traitor" next to his record of birth at city hall, and all of his family's gravestones have been destroyed except his mother's.