Unsealed History

Benedict Arnold Family Belongings Sold (S1E3): In the previous episode, we read the letter from Peggy Shippen Arnold to her stepsons informing them of Benedict Arnold’s great debt and how she is trying to resolve it. For the next few years, until shortly before her death, Philadelphia-born Peggy Shippen corresponded with her stepsons in Canada, which illuminated her thoughts and feelings as she struggled to come to terms with the loss of General Benedict Arnold. In these letters, she focuses on securing her financial and social position in England and ensuring the future well-being of her children. Let’s hear what Peggy Shippen Arnold had to say to her stepson, Richard Arnold, as I read, review, and analyze her letter dated June 10, 1802 (the year after Benedict Arnold's death), from her home on Bryanston Place, London.

Benedict Arnold's Debt and Will (S1E2): In the previous episode of about Benedict Arnold, "Arnold's death", we read the letter from Peggy Shippen Arnold to her stepsons informing them of Benedict Arnold’s death. For the next few years, until shortly before her death, Philadelphia-born Peggy Shippen corresponded with her stepsons in Canada, which illuminated her thoughts and feelings as she struggled to come to terms with the loss of General Benedict Arnold. In these letters, she focuses on securing her financial and social position in England and ensuring the future well-being of her children. Let’s hear what Peggy Shippen Arnold had to say to her stepsons from July through December 1801, from her home on Gloucester Place, London.

Benedict Arnold's Death (S1E1): This season of "The Letters of Peggy Shippen Arnold," we will be featuring the exiled letters of Peggy Shippen Arnold, the wife of Benedict Arnold. I was recently given access to the original handwritten letters of Margaret (Peggy) Shippen Arnold's personal correspondence to her family. In each episode of this Unsealed podcast season, "The Letters of Peggy Shippen Arnold," I will read one to two of these letters and analyze the history behind the letter. In this episode, I will be reading a letter from Peggy to her stepson announcing Benedict Arnold's death.