Watch Spies of the Lower Hudson on Youtube

On May 20, Char Weigel, RW250 V.P. for Special Projects, and Dave Welker, historian with the U.S. government who specializes in wartime intelligence, presented "Undercover and Unknown—Arnold, André and the Spies of the Lower Hudson," to over 560 attendees as part of the New York State Archives Magazine Online Speaker Series. The presentation explored the hidden world of espionage during the American Revolution, focusing on how the infamous treason of Benedict Arnold and the daring actions of British Major John André shaped American history, as well as the pivotal role spies played in the lower Hudson Valley.

Click this link to watch the presentation on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEjayIxS9vs&t=1s

Weigel presented original research about the double agents Benedict Arnold revealed in the papers he gave to John André on September 22, 1780. You can read an article on her research that was published in the Fall 2024 edition of the New York Archives Magazine here: https://tinyurl.com/4ex4x8pk