The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . born in Norwich, Connecti-cut, Jan. 14, 1741 ; died in London, England, June14, 1801. He had a com-mon-school education,with some knowledge ofthe higher branches. Atfirst he was an apprenticein a drugstore in his nativeplace; afterward he wentto New Haven and suc-cessfully conducted abookand drug store, extendinghis connections to Canadaand the West Indies. Hemade a business visit toHonduras, where he fought a duel with an Englishsea-captain, provoked by the captains severe reflec-tions on the natives of Ne
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . born in Norwich, Connecti-cut, Jan. 14, 1741 ; died in London, England, June14, 1801. He had a com-mon-school education,with some knowledge ofthe higher branches. Atfirst he was an apprenticein a drugstore in his nativeplace; afterward he wentto New Haven and suc-cessfully conducted abookand drug store, extendinghis connections to Canadaand the West Indies. Hemade a business visit toHonduras, where he fought a duel with an Englishsea-captain, provoked by the captains severe reflec-tions on the natives of New England. On , 1767, he married Miss Margaret Mansfield, bywhom he had three sons. At the time of thebattle of Lexington, Arnold was captain of thegovernors guards, nearly all of whom volunteeredto join in the fight at Boston. Soon afterwardhe was sent by Massachusetts to lead an expedi-tion for the capture of Crown Point and Ticon-deroga, and on his way thither met Colonel EthanAllen with a company of soldiers devoted to thesame purpose. Allen took the lead, to which he was. BENEDICT ARNOLD. ARNOLD 249 entitled, and captured Ticonderoga on May 10, days later Arnold captured St. Johns. OnSeptember nth of the same year Washington dis-patched Colonel Arnold with 1,100 men throughthe wilderness of Maine to assist in capturing Que-bec. After enduring incessant hardships Arnoldand his men arrived opposite Quebec, and on Decem-ber 13th climbed to the Plains of Abraham. OnDecember 31st he was joined by the corps under thecommand of General Montgomery, and a combinedattack was made on the city. The American armywas defeated, Montgomery killed, and Arnolds legseriously fractured. For his gallantry and skillCongress promoted him to the rank of brigadier-general. On October 11, 1776, he fought a navalbattle with a superior force of the British under SirGuy Carleton, during which he ran his own vesselashore, burnt her, and with his other ships and mensafely retreated to Ti
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