Author: George E. Briggs

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-07

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 9780364071779

Excerpt from Centennial Celebration, July 2, 3, 4, 1916, Commemorative of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Granting of the First Charter, April 17th, 1816, to the Village of Peekskill House were held Councils of War, at which plans were perfected affecting not only the defences of the Highlands and West Point, but campaigns against New York and in the South. Arnold met Washington at the Bird sall House, renewed his request for West Point and received the commis sion, departing the next day to his command. I will not recite the whole story of the treason. It was a Peekskill boy, John Paulding, who had just os caped from the military prison in New York, who with two other West chester men, Williams and Van Wart, effected the capture of Andre near Dobbs Erry. There are few incidents connected with Arnold's treason and its failure which seem to indicate a special Providence watching over the liberties of America and frustrating the ingenuity, skill and machinations of its enemies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.