BIB_ID
306844
Accession number
MA 7682
Creator
Arnold, Margaret Mansfield, d. 1775.
Display Date
1775 May 31.
Credit line
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."
Provenance
Joseph F. McCrindle.
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.
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