Peggy Shippen, The Traitorous Belle of the American Revolution: Brief Historical Accounts of Mrs. Benedict Arnold

Peggy Shippen, or Margaret Shippen (also Peggy Shippen Arnold or just Peggy Arnold) (1760 –1804), was the second wife of General Benedict Arnold. Born into a prominent Philadelphia family with Loyalist tendencies, she met Arnold during his tenure as military commander of the city following the British withdrawal in 1778. They were married in the Shippen townhouse on Fourth Street on April 8, 1779. Not long after, Arnold began conspiring with the British to change sides. Peggy played a role in the conspiracy, which was exposed after British Major John André was arrested in September 1780 carrying documents concerning the planned surrender of the critical Continental Army base at West Point.

"Peggy Shippen, The Traitorous Belle of the American Revolution" is a series of reprints of short excerpts of historical work on Peggy Shippen, which works include:

I. ROMANTIC DAYS IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC
Mary Caroline Crawford
1912


II. Old Time Belles and Cavaliers
Edith Tunis Sale
J. B. Lippincott Company,
1912


III. The Part Taken by Women in American History
Mrs. John A. Logan
Perry-Nalle publishing Company,
1912

IV. A Short History of the American Revolution
Everett Titsworth Tomlinson
Doubleday, Page & Company,
1901


Peggy Shippen is also portrayed in the TV miniseries "George Washington", by Megan Gallagher

In the TV movie "Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor", by Flora Montgomery,

In the Revolutionary War drama "Turn: Washington's Spies", by Ksenia Solo.