ARP265 Arnold’s Treason Revealed

British Adjutant General Major John André meets with Continental Major General Benedict Arnold to discuss turning over West Point in Sept. 1780.

André is captured as he returns to British Lines, Arnold learns that the plot is exposed and flees just as an unsuspecting General George Washington is riding to Arnold's headquarters.

Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode.

Book Recommendation of the Week: The Traitor and the Spy, by James Flexner.

Online Recommendation of the Week: An authentic narrative of the causes which led to the death of Major Andre, adjutant-general of His Majesty's forces in North America, by Joshua Hett Smith: https://archive.org/details/authenticnarrati00smit/mode/2up

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