Elizabeth F. Ellet

“ Arnold resided with her husband for a time in the city of St. Johns, New Brunswick, and was long remembered by persons who knew her there, and who spoke much of her beauty and fascination. She afterwards lived in England. Mr. Sabine says that she and Arnold were seen by an American loyalist in Westminster Abbey, standing before the cenotaph erected by command of the king, in memory of the unfortunate Andre. With what feelings the traitor viewed the monument of the man his crime had sacrificed, is not known ”

“ The opinion of other persons qualified to judge without prejudice, acquitted her of the charge of having participated in the treason. John Jay, writing from Madrid to Catharine Livingston, says-" All the world here are cursing Arnold, and pitying his wife."* And Robert Morris writes-" Poor Mrs. Arnold! was there ever such an infernal villain !"+
Mrs. Arnold went from West Point to her father's house; but was not long permitted to remain in Philadelphia. The traitor's papers having been seized, by direction of the Executive Authorities, the correspondence with Andre was brought to light ”

“ These feelings were probably expressed freely to her, as it was his pleasure to complain of injury and persecution; while the darker designs, of which no one suspected him till the whole community was startled by the news of his treason, were doubtless buried in his own bosom. ”

“ Rejecting, as we do utterly, the theory that his wife was the instigator of his crime-all common principles of human action being opposed to it-we 8tiJI believe that there was nothing in her influence or associations to countervail the persuasions to which he ultimately yielded. She was young, gay and frivolous; fond of display and admiration, and used to luxury; she was utterly unfitted for the duties and privations of a poor man's wife. ”