Was Peggy Shippen the real mastermind behind Benedict Arnold’s betrayal? Peggy successfully fooled the most powerful men in ...

The “Shippen mansion,” torn down in 1914, stood at the northwest corner of Lime and Orange streets, where the YWCA is now. Peggy’s grandfather had moved there in the 1750s to escape the high ...

A woman put him up to it. Snooty, beautiful, and very smart, Margaret “Peggy” Shippen, the young daughter of a Pennsylvania judge, is cast as the Lady Macbeth of the Revolution.

Peggy Shippen was married to Benedict Arnold and promoted Arnold's image as he plotted against Washington's Army, and Lucy Flucker, the wife of General Henry Knox, Washington's chief of artillery ...

Mark Jacob and Stephen Case recount the role that Philadelphia socialite Peggy Shippen (1760-1804), Benedict Arnold's second wife, played in the Revolutionary War. The authors report that Ms ...

Peggy Shippen was born into one of the most prominent families in Philadelphia. She was destined for a life of wealth and prominence, until fate intervened and on April 8, 1779, the 37-year-old ...

Peggy Shippen says this is more about dignity, Shippen's way of honoring her dad and making a difference through compassion and mercy. On this day the Freedom Gardens were officially dedicated and ...

Photos: Faces of Fall 2014 Solo will play Peggy Shippen, who hails from one of the richest families in the capital of Philadelphia who is well-versed in politics, foreign affairs and finance.