Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention. 1765 - 1821. Papers of the Continental Congress. 1774 - 1789. Letters from General George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Army. 1775 - 1784. Letter from George Washington to Samuel Huntington Regarding B

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Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention. 1765 - 1821. Papers of the Continental Congress. 1774 - 1789. Letters from General George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Army. 1775 - 1784. Letter from George Washington to Samuel Huntington Regarding Benedict Arnold

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Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796

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Samuel Huntington (July 16, 1731 [O.S. July 5, 1731] – January 5, 1796) was a Founding Father of the United States and a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He also served as President of the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1781, President of the United States in Congress Assembled in 1781, chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court...

Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801

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Revolutionary patriot, Continental Army general, and traitor. From the description of Benedict Arnold papers, 1761-1794. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 432702702 Prior to the U.S. Revolutionary War Arnold was a merchant and trader in the West Indies. He served in the Revolutionary Army, but defected to the British in 1780 and served until the War was over. He then went to Canada and eventually to England. He was married to Margaret Mansfie...