PEGGY SHIPPEN, TREACHEROUS BEAUTY

Margaret Shippen was the second wife of General Benedict Arnold. She has been described as "the highest-paid spy in the American Revolution". Join Stephen H. Case, co-author of the biography "Treacherous Beauty: Peggy Shippen, the Woman behind Benedict Arnold's Plot to Betray America" (along with Mark Jacob), for this fascinating exploration of Peggy Shippen's role in the American Revolution, particularly her involvement in her husband's plot to betray the Continental Army to the British.

2 pm. Main Branch of the County Library, Route 12, Flemington. Free. Reservations required. Free refreshments follow.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

Get App

Host or Publisher Hunterdon Tricentennial Committee