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CHAPTER XIV.
BENEDICT ARNOLD.
To understand the proximate causes of Arnold's
treason, we must start from the summer of 1778,
when Philadelphia was evacuated by the British.
On that occasion, as General Arnold
was incapacitated for active service by
the wound he had received at Saratoga,
Washington placed him in command of Philadel-
phia. This step brought Arnold into direct con-
tact with Congress, toward which he bore a fierce
grudge for the slights it had put upon him; and,
moreover, the command was in itself a difficult
one. The authority vested in the commandant
was not clearly demarcated from that which be-
longed to the state government, so that occasions
for dispute were sure to be forthcoming. While
the British had held the city many of the inhab-
itants had given them active aid and encourage-
ment, and there was now more or less property to
be confiscated. By a resolve of Congress, all pub-
lic stores belonging to the enemy were to be ap-
propriated for the use of the army, and the com-
mander-in-chief was directed to suspend the sale
or transfer of goods until the general question of
ownership should have been determined by a joint
committee of Congress and of the Executive Coun-

Arnold put in
command of
Philadelphia,
June 18, 1778.

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Publication Information: Book Title: The American Revolution. Volume: 2. Contributors: John Fiske - author. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin. Place of Publication: Boston. Publication Year: 1891. Page Number: 206.
    
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