Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married

by Nancy Rubin Stuart

Although novelists later interpreted his gift to Peggy of a gold locket containing strands of his hair as proof of a romantic attachment, contemporary historians believe André was simply a friend.

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Just before that wedding, with its twenty-five bridesmaids, Betsy had panicked.

The general assured her he was, but she exclaimed, ‘No! that is not General Washington! That is the man who is going to assist Colonel Varick in killing my child.’ She repeated the same sad story about General Arnold; poor, distressed, unhappy, frantic and miserable lady,” Varick recalled.

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