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While en route to West Point, Arnold renewed his acquaintance with Joshua Hett Smith, who had spied for both sides. They were co-conspirators by
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Joshua Hett Smith, at whose house, near Stony Point, Arnold and André held their interview (September 22), was tried by a military court and acquitted. He was soon afterwards arrested by the civil authorities and committed to jail at Goshen, Orange County, whence he escaped and made his way through
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Clinton offering to surrender the fort at West Point for ÂŁ20,000. It was not until July 31 that he met with Washington to request command of the fort, and August 3 when he was
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