About this episode
British Adjutant General Major John André meets with Continental Major General Benedict Arnold to discuss turning over West Point in Sept. 1780. André is captured as he returns to British Lines, Arnold learns that the plot is exposed and flees just as an unsuspecting General George Washington is riding to Arnold's headquarters. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Traitor and the Spy , by James Flexner. Online Recommendation of the Week: An authentic narrative of the causes which led to the death of Major Andre, adjutant-general of His Majesty's forces in North America, by Joshua Hett Smith: https://archive.org/details/authenticnarrati00smit/mode/2up Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcast Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices