Mohawk River Valley Region
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The Mohawk Valley Path Through History begins with the Revolutionary War - the sites and events related to this period in history.


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Benedict accomplice hanged

Thirty-one-year-old British Major John Andre is hanged as a spy by U.S. military forces in Tappan, New York. Andre, an accomplice of Benedict Arnold, had been captured by Patriots John Paulding, David Williams and Isaac Van Wart on September 23 after they found incriminating papers in his boot. The papers revealed that Andre was returning from a secret meeting with U.S. General Benedict Arnold, commander of West Point, who had offered to surrender the strategic Hudson River fort to the British for a bribe of £20,000. Upon hearing of Andre's capture, Arnold fled to the British warship Vulture and subsequently joined the British in their fight against the Patriots.

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