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Following Arnold's flight to New York City, Peggy Shippen Arnold followed.

They traveled together to London at the end of 1781, where she set up a home while Arnold rebuilt a trading business.

In 1787 she joined Arnold in Saint John, New Brunswick, where Arnold's difficulties with local businessmen eventually prompted their return to London in 1792.

Arnold died in 1801, after which she had to unwind his business affairs and pay off his debts.

Peggy Shippen Arnold died in 1804, having borne him five children that survived infancy.