Meet Margaret “Peggy” Shippen, a teenage beauty from one of Philadelphia’s oldest and wealthiest families. Suspicion now is that she was the link between Revolutionary War traitor Benedict ...

The Hunterdon County Historical Society hosts a talk on Sunday, Nov. 11, by Stephen H. Case, co-author with Mark Jacob, a deputy metro editor at the Chicago Tribune, of the book, “Treacherous ...

"W. De H." in his letter about Peggy Shippen says, "I need only say the unsupported statement of M. L. Davis, detailing the idle narrative of Mrs. Prevost, is not considered by historical students ...

However, historians are taking a harder look at his second wife, Peggy Shippen. She was born on June 11, 1760, in Philadelphia, the youngest child of Edward and Margaret Shippen. Edward Shippen had ...

The story revolves around Margaret (Peggy) Shippen, from a loyalist family. "While the British were occupying Philadelphia, Peggy was courted by Major John Andre, this dashing British spy," said ...