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Collection of autograph letters signed : London and various places in the United States 1764-1799.

BIB_ID
284233
Accession number
MA 876.1-11
Creator
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801.
Display Date
1764-1799.
Description
1 v. (11 items) ; 38.4 cm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan from various sources and bound together.
Summary
Collection includes eight autograph letters signed to various recipients dated before and after Arnold's defection from the Continental Army to the British Army (MA 876.3-10); one autograph letter from Arnold's mother to him (MA 876.2); one autograph signed agreement between Benedict Arnold and Andrew Thomson (MA 876.1); and one autograph letter signed from Joseph Eggleston to Everard Meade concerning the specifics of Arnold's plot to surrender West Point to the British (MA 876.11). See individual records for more information.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (41.7 cm)