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________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (127).

Major Benjamin Tallmadge

Commanding, Continental Army Intelligence

September 24, 1780

General Washington,

________________________________________________________

_________________________ (260). _________________________

________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ (94).

________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________(31).

________________________________ (222).

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (200).

________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________ (160).

________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________ (136)?

Benedict Arnold

formerly General, Continental Army

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September 28, 1780

Mr. Arnold,

________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ (71).

________________________________________________________

________________________________ (105). You did nothing

for your country; you betrayed your country, the country to

which you made an oath of loyalty. _______________________

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (158).

________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ (72).

Finally,

George Washington, General

Commander-in-Chief

Continental Army

September 28, 1780

Major Tallmadge,

________________________________________________________

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________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (135).

George Washington, General

October 2, 1780

General Washington,

I regret to inform you that ________________________________

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (159).

Having been informed that he was in residence ____________

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (170).

We found out his new location _______________________________

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (232).

Major Benjamin Tallmadge

October 10, 1780

General Washington,

Greetings. I have in hand your proposal to __________________

________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________ (204).

___________________________________________________ (333).

However, _______________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (258).

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________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (104).

Sir Henry Clinton, General

His Majesty’s Army

October 17, 1780

General Clinton,

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (137).

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (230).

________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ (32).

George Washington, General

Continental Army

October 22, 1780

Your Excellency, General Washington,

At the request of Major Benjamin Tallmadge, I make a full

report of the events of the evening of September 12, in which I

had myself some exceedingly small part.

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I serve as _______________________________________________

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (103).

________________________________________________________

_________________________________ (201); I, in turn, collect no

intelligence myself. Thus, __________________________________

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (169),

until that night of September 12.

One of Major Tallmadge’s agents, _________________________

___________________________________________________ (231),

had an urgent message to convey to Major Tallmadge.

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (340).

Arriving at my residence, and not finding me there, she

made a difficult decision. Sending her boy back home with

a kiss and a prayer, ______________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________ (341).

You must understand that ________________________________

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (171).

This young woman ______________________________________

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