Autograph letter signed : New Haven, to Benedict Arnold, 1775 May 31.

Record ID: 
306844
Accession number: 
MA 7682
Author: 
Arnold, Margaret Mansfield, d. 1775.
Credit: 
Gift of the Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008.
Description: 
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes: 

Endorsed by Benedict Arnold: "Mrs. Arnolds Letter May 31 1775."

Summary: 

Mentioning her concern for his safety and begging him not to be "two ventersom" [sic]; asking him to "write [her] what to do" if he is not coming home soon; telling him that she will send his clothing with various captains; giving him news of their family. Margaret Arnold died three weeks later without seeing her husband again.

Provenance: 
Joseph F. McCrindle.