Secret history of the American revolution : an account of the conspiracies of Benedict Arnold and numerous others, drawn from the Secret service papers of the British headquarters in North America, now for the first time examined and made public /

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Main Author: Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.
Contributors: Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795., André, John, 1751-1780.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking Press, 1941.
Edition:First edition after publication of the limited, signed edition.
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245 1 0 |a Secret history of the American revolution :  |b an account of the conspiracies of Benedict Arnold and numerous others, drawn from the Secret service papers of the British headquarters in North America, now for the first time examined and made public /  |c by Carl Van Doren. 
250 |a First edition after publication of the limited, signed edition. 
260 |a New York :  |b Viking Press,  |c 1941. 
300 |a 3 pages leaves, [v]-xiv pages, 2 leaves, [3]-534 pages :  |b illustrations (map) portraits, facsimiles ;  |c 24 cm 
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500 |a Based largely on the Clinton papers in the William L. Clements library at the University of Michigan. Other sources cited are the Washington papers and the Papers of the Continental Congress at the Library of Congress. cf. Pref. 
500 |a "This first edition is limited to five hundred ninety numbered copies signed by the author." This copy not numbered. 
500 |a "Appendix ... Arnold-André correspondence [and] Clinton's narrative": p. [437]-495. 
504 |a Includes "General bibliography": pages 496-499; "Chapter references": p. 500-512; and index. 
505 0 |a Preface -- Before Arnold: Shifting Loyalties -- Three Generals and a Chaplain -- Designs for Peace -- Failure of a Mission -- Bitter Division -- Arnold: Whirlwind Soldier -- Approach to Treachery -- Hero for Sale -- Subplots -- Double-Dealer on Trial -- Better Bargains -- Traitor in Suspense -- Plans for a Meeting -- Five Days -- Two Fates -- Anticlimaxes: Afterplots -- Sequels -- Appendix -- General Bibliography -- Chapter References -- Index. 
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