{"data":{"description":"Here we see American General Benedict Arnold (at left) showing secret documents to British Major John Andre. In this early drawing depicting their ...","title":"A Rare Portrait of Benedict Arnold and John Andre","post_type":"page","content":"\u003ch2 class=\"firsth1\" style=\"color: #ad8431;\"\u003eAmerica's First Conspirators\u003c/h2\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eHere we see American General Benedict Arnold (at left) showing secret documents to British Major John Andre. In this early drawing depicting their historic meeting Arnold hands over detailed information for the surrender of West Point to the British.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/early-america-review/volume-3/rare-portrait-benedict-arnold-john-andre/arnold-andre\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-3139 size-full\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/Arnold-Andre.jpg\" alt=\"Meeting between Benedict Arnold and John Andre\" width=\"800\" height=\"644\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cp\u003e Meeting between Benedict Arnold and John Andre\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThe pair met in a forest after midnight on September 21, 1780, after Andre came ashore from the British sloop Vulture, its mast and lights seen dimly in the background to the right.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"imgctr\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\n\u003ctable style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctbody\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003eReturn to \u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/early-america-review/volume-3/portrait-conspiracy/\"\u003ePortrait of a Conspiracy\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\r\n\u003c/ul\u003e\r\n\u003c/td\u003e\r\n\u003c/tr\u003e\r\n\u003c/tbody\u003e\r\n\u003c/table\u003e","menu":[{"path":"lives-early-america","title":"Famous Lives","submenu":[{"path":"lives-early-america/autobiography-benjamin-franklin","title":"Autobiography of Ben Franklin"},{"path":"lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington","title":"Ramsay's The Life of Washington"},{"path":"lives-early-america/adventures-col-daniel-boone","title":"The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone"},{"path":"lives-early-america/true-story-paul-revere","title":"The True Story of Paul Revere"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"portrait","title":"Portraits"},{"path":"rare-images/last-men-revolution","title":"The Last Men of the Revolution"}]},{"path":"freedom-documents","title":"Freedom Documents","submenu":[{"path":"freedom-documents/bill-rights","title":"Bill of Rights"},{"path":"freedom-documents/declaration-independence","title":"Declaration of Independence"},{"path":"freedom-documents/u-s-constitution","title":"The U.S. Constitution"}]},{"path":"world-early-america","title":"World of Early America","submenu":[{"path":"bookmarks","title":"Early American Bookmarks"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"firsts","title":"Firsts!"},{"path":"rare-images/maps","title":"Maps"},{"path":"rare-images","title":"Rare Images"},{"path":"music1","title":"Music"},{"path":"writings","title":"The Writings of Early America"}]},{"path":"boston-massacre","title":"Boston Massacre"},{"path":"milestone-events","title":"Milestones"},{"path":"early-america-review","title":"The Review"},{"path":"home/teachers-students","title":"Teachers"},{"path":"sitemap","title":"Sitemap"}]},"success":true}