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David is the main character in Disrupting Time and also wrote what became known as the David Report. He was an unsuspected industrial spy (in the modern sense of the word) and admitted to sneaking into the Waltham Watch factory incognito in the fall of 1876. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/41fde163-d743-490c-9c7b-0ae4c1328009/Jacques+David+at+age+31.png Historical Images Taking the original photo of David shown later in life, this is an AI estimation of what he might have looked like at the time of the Centennial. (AI generated using GPT5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/5447e022-18ad-44d1-ae95-f15b9c90bd06/Gribi.png Historical Images Theo Gribi shown later in life (public domain). Gribi went to the Centennial Exhibition as a judge for the Swiss delegation. However, he soon was joined by Jacques David where the two became industrial spies, acquiring the secrets of the American watch industry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/37673a19-536e-4716-ab58-131c58537926/Theo+Gribi+at+age+36.png Historical Images Taking the original photo of Gribi shown later in life, this is an AI estimation of what he might have looked like at the time of the Centennial. (AI generated using GPT5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/5675007e-7bb5-440d-8f16-2aa9df88c913/Royal+Robbins+Pic.jpg Historical Images Royal Robbins, shown later in life, treasurer and chief executive of the Waltham Watch Co at the time of its targeting by the Swiss watch industry (Public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/1692978832223-XEUR87ZA0WKAFE8G9HUR/Royal%2BRobbins%2Byoung-Enhanced.jpg Historical Images Royal Robbins son, about the same age his dad was when he purchased Waltham in 1857. At the time, he was 33 years old. Gives us an idea of what Robbins might have looked like. As a note, some sources attribute this photo to Robbins himself. But I have recently seen enough evidence to support this being his son, whose name is also Royal Robbins. (Public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/d54e0c4f-bffd-4a66-a1ec-9dd975a95ae2/Ambrose+Webster+representation.png Historical Images This is an AI generated image of Webster based on a biographical drawing of him from an article of the day. Gives you an idea of what he might have looked like. (Generated using GPT5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/60765eaf-7ea4-488a-8b74-f90ae1452efa/Photo+of+Eliza+Jane+Putnam+Waltham+Watch.jpg Historical Images The woman on the far right of this photo (looking at the cameria) is Eliza Jane Putnam, who is brought to life in chapter 3 of the book. Thank you to my friend Wayne McCarthy, president of the Waltham Historical Society, who sleuthed and discovered this photo of Putnam. She is shown here in 1885 at another World's Fair representing Waltham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/1691878992965-29PFRJ4NQ1M7ZBZ8Q0FM/Eliza%2BPutnam-Color-Restored-Enhanced.jpg Historical Images Eliza Jane Putnam, who is brought to life in chapter 3 of the book. Thank you to my friend Wayne McCarthy, president of the Waltham Historical Society, who sleuthed and discovered this photo of Putnam. She is shown here in 1885 at another World's Fair representing Waltham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/7207d026-fd3f-4f29-9392-8be41840e2cc/Eliza+Putnam+representation.png Historical Images I used AI (GPT5) to have it enhance Eliza's only known (rather distant) photo to give a representation of what she might have looked like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/bdb1beca-d4fb-4fee-9f26-d04d099b9204/View+of+the+main+building.jpg Historical Images The Main Building from the Centennial Exhibition. Notice the white Civil War statue out front. You have probably seen one of these before in your hometown. This sculpture debuted at the Centennial and became ubiquitous in America (Centennial Photographic Company) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/24f21162-8b92-4614-85c1-9e9bc269d06d/View+of+the+center+of+the+main+building.jpg Historical Images Inside the Main Building of the Centennial Exhibition. The scale and vastness are hard to comprehend (Centennial Photographic Company) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/d31eef45-32e9-44a7-abbe-df32638927cc/Centennial+Exhibition+1876+then+and+now.jpg Historical Images This is the site of the Main Building then-and-now. The orchestra platform is not the site of this overgrown fountain. You can visit the site in Fairmount Park in Philiadelphia (author's photo/compilation). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/2ee22b7e-f568-47da-a1be-882783bfa1e8/Machinery+Hall+Centennial+Exhibition+1876.jpg Historical Images A full view of Machinery Hall. It was a vast palace devoted to industry. (Public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/7405a95f-d2ac-4bb4-8c16-6403e6f7b0a0/IMG_7519.jpg Historical Images The lake at the Centennial Exhibition. Machinery Hall is the building in the background (public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/09e0edcd-4ffb-47f7-bb49-0b6bf324a550/Corliss+Engine.jpg Historical Images The Corliss steam engine from the 1876 Centennial Exhibition. It was "a site to behold, a site for a lifetime." (public domain, Centennial Photographic Company) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/f8b1058e-e461-41ac-be17-88a59ddbdf40/Monorail+debut+Centennial+Exhibition+1876.jpg Historical Images The monorail debuted at the Centennial Exhibition. A photo of it here shows the elevated railway going across the grounds. (Public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/83a77d6f-f07b-4cdb-9910-981f106ec53c/Corliss+with+Waltham+visible.jpg Historical Images View of Machinery Hall. Waltham's exhibit can be seen with a small booth with 3 white windows at the base of the Corliss engine (public domain, Centennial Photographic Company) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/6994a2a1-6c99-4958-9002-e2fbb0906fb7/Waltham+Machinery+Hall+Exhibit.JPG Historical Images The Waltham exhibit in Machinery Hall. This is the exhibit that initially drew Gribi's attention. It sits just feet from the large Corliss Steam Engine - not shown in this photo (public domain, Centennial Photographic Company) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/f4d4bba4-6cb9-40cf-9077-e81ff736f4fe/IMG_7548.jpg Historical Images Believe it or not, this is what the site of Waltham's exhibit in Machinery Hall at the Centennial looks like today. Where you see the log in the middle of the pond, that was the approximate site of Waltham's Machinery Hall assembly line exhibit. The hall was taken down and turned into a drainage pond shortly after the conclusion of the Centennial. (Author's photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/ae9325a1-1555-4380-ab24-1b6ff7e886bd/IMG_7522.jpg Historical Images Waltham's exhibit in the Main Building featuring 2,200 watches. It was marveled by Eduard Favre Peret, the Swiss judge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/f95141e6-d68c-47da-b07e-a15bb3e10ccc/Elgin+watch+display.jpg Historical Images The Elgin National Watch Company's exhibit in the Main Building of the Centennial Exhibition (Centennial Photographic Company) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/b847ded9-bce2-489d-90fd-004070b1bf6d/Centennial+Exhibition+aerial+view+1876.jpg Historical Images An aerial view of the Centennial Exhibition as seen from a hot air balloon. (Public domain). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/34acd1cb-8bf2-411f-b4b5-7c453f19e4d2/F8A9CB4E-7D57-4423-827B-2C57936B259E-6220-000006D8C66984B3.jpg Historical Images Map of the Centennial grounds (public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/020c5c30-4453-467b-b10c-9027009d1b32/IMG_7537.jpg Historical Images One of the few Centennial Exhibition buildings that remain today - now the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia (author's photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/f73c04a3-84a2-4700-8089-d38b55d95fb0/David+Arrival+Photo.jpg Historical Images Manifest document for arrival into New York, showing Jacques David's arrival (public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/0e0d954b-a1f7-41d3-9043-d384ff4f02a0/Gribi+Arrival+Photo.jpg Historical Images Theo Gribi's arrival into New York (public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/fa9be416-84f5-490e-bf66-ca1b7de93387/Jacques+David+Report+Cover.JPG Historical Images Jacques David's report (special edition facsimile copy produced in 1992 by Longines (Author's photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/54bcf7d4-81fc-4be5-a4aa-8b5c09029e8c/River+factories.jpg Historical Images Photo of a Swiss river valley showing factories quaintly lined up across the valley. Circa 1890. (Library of Congress, Public Domain). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/75017dc5-fd73-43d2-a358-4dc7b58e7a33/Solothurn+1890.jpg Historical Images City of Bern, which would become a watchmaking center following David's report. Much of the watchmaking migrated to cities like Bern where they needed a concentration of workers to fill factories. Circa 1890. (Public Domain, Library of Congress). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/0ddc3503-fc39-4e10-be29-6a6af602bd95/Well+and+Wetterhorn.jpg Historical Images Swiss mountain regions, very similar to what is described for where many watchmakers and farmers lived and worked. Circa 1890. (Public Domain, Library of Congress). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/1be7ae3d-dfc5-4dbf-a2a6-c4353c0b0ef7/Bern+1890.jpg Historical Images City of Solothurn, which would become a watchmaking center following David's report. Much of the watchmaking migrated to cities like Solothurn and Bern where they needed a concentration of workers to fill factories. Circa 1890. (Public Domain, Library of Congress). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/fde07638-5788-4f57-9f85-21f357c70b6d/Original+Waltham+Factory+1854.jpg Historical Images The first Waltham factory building, from 1854, 3 years before Robbins would purchase the company. (Public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/f0dd9d16-f186-4e45-ad1b-ba2588e45c72/1850s_67-138_1g3.jpg Historical Images Early Waltham factory, around the time of Robbins' purchase of the company in 1857. (courtesy of the Waltham Historical Society - click the photo to visit their site, Public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/1eaf06fb-9858-4b95-97ca-eea240ddbfaa/Waltham+Watch+Co+in+1858.jpg Historical Images An etching of the Waltham factory in 1858, one year after Robbins purchased the company. (Public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/1bdbb9c1-b2e1-4a84-b6c7-6d691f909ce9/Waltham+front+1870.jpg Historical Images Waltham Factory circa 1884 (public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/9c00f073-c1c6-488e-9528-11d9d602ec46/IMG_7906.jpg Historical Images Waltham factory as it appears today (Author's photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/42352068-ee30-4c81-8b8a-20dddf8965f0/CresStView_Wbster_A_1giv.jpg Historical Images Waltham factory probably around 1890-1900 (note the powerlines) showing well-manicured streets and frontage (courtesy of the Waltham Historical Society - click the photo to visit their site, Public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/50c88c99-5710-4db8-9321-97d7880afe1b/Inside+waltham+circa+1880+1.jpg Historical Images Inside the Waltham factory in the late 1800s. Provided courtesy of the American Watchmaker-Clockmakers Institute collection - click the photo to visit their site. (from the stereographic photo collection by L. Lewis, public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/a999b59c-5e6a-4f33-bb4d-a4109fec77e5/Inside+waltham+circa+1880+3.jpg Historical Images Inside the Waltham factory in the late 1800s. Provided courtesy of the American Watchmaker-Clockmakers Institute collection - click the photo to visit their site. (from the stereographic photo collection by L. Lewis, public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/f549e037-74c5-41ea-96df-f42c089342d0/Inside+waltham+circa+1880+2.jpg Historical Images Inside the Waltham factory in the late 1800s. Provided courtesy of the American Watchmaker-Clockmakers Institute collection - click the photo to visit their site. (from the stereographic photo collection by L. Lewis, public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/1686316935491-U8T1OF2K3MODSMVHVD2D/homeofwalthamwat00walt_1_0021.jpg Historical Images Inside the Waltham factory circa 1893 (public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/4ce93689-46c4-40c0-a3a9-338f9e4fb3d5/Waltham+Women+celebrating+%28probably+a+wedding%29_late+1800s.jpg Historical Images Women workers of Waltham inside the factory, probably around 1910. It appears they are celebrating a wedding. (courtesy of the Waltham Historical Society - click the photo to visit their site, Public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/6352f2da-cde9-4af6-b0f4-7069c3a20de4/Working+women_1893.JPG Historical Images Workers inside the Waltham factory circa 1893. Notice the bright light and ubiquitous windows. (Public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/630bcd5a-8adc-4acb-a2b2-739c8338c4cf/Waltham+Workers+1893.jpg Historical Images Inside the Waltham factory circa 1893. (Public domain). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/5c9bfed6-90f6-4464-9a1e-71390f106833/Waltham-day-nursery.jpg Historical Images A surprise to many, but Waltham had a day nursery for working mothers. Women made up 40% of the workforce. This photo is from circa 1910. (Waltham, Public domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/bae02078-7ab0-4eec-8ee7-22f3d76b1e5d/IMG_7884.jpg Historical Images A Webster-Marsh pinion cutting machine. One of these was operated by Eliza Jane Putnam at the Centennial Exhibition and she would have been seen by David and Gribi. (Author's photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/82ac182d-bc26-425b-b343-34a50b32615f/Waltham+automatic+screw+machine+1.JPG Historical Images The automatic screw machine marveled by Gribi, now owned by a collector. The chromed pieces on the top part indicate this particular machine (or parts of it) may have even been one of those actually seen by Gribi at the Centennial. Click the image to see a video of the machine in action. (Author's photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/46828b6e-8ddb-483c-8794-4ee410abb079/Waltham+automatic+screw+machine+2.JPG Historical Images These tiny screws are the output of the automatic screw machine. They are tedious to make by hand but critical to watchmaking. The screw-machine introduced a step change in automated production, making it possible to produce a screw every 5 seconds. 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Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga A map from the late 1800s showing the exact spot of the meeting (at the intersection of the long clove road and the "ancient path" that comes up from the docks at the river) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/d61f845f-12b3-4b21-a60f-21e1c4cf2b4d/Model+of+the+HMS+Vulture.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga Model of the HMS Vulture, which Andre would ride up from NYC in, and would play a continuous role in the story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/77e16687-0b10-4439-b6da-1cf959d64da8/Treason+Site+historical+marker.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga The historical marker in Hook Mountain State Park showing the general area of the Arnold / Andre meeting. It is about 50-100m north of the actual site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/cd67a0cd-ec10-4fcb-a5c7-5b510b3390bb/Andre+landing+site+on+Hudson+River.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga Landing spot of Andre as seen from the river. There used to be a dock there, but it is now long gone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/854f3a0a-3b39-4158-858c-710e315f6b96/Andre+landing+site+2.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga Another view of the Andre landing site. You can see the stone that is engraved, memorializing the site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/8162be3f-534b-4d3e-9068-c5fbde236189/Andre+landing+site+carved+stone.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga The engraved stone noting the landing site of John Andre. It was engraved in the late 1800s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/b526f5f6-6c8c-495c-a236-338788052a1e/Andre+landing+site.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga Another view of the landing site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/4f6566f4-59b1-4cd5-bf31-7baec0fab1ec/Old+sea+wall+by+Andre+landing+site.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga A seawall adjacent the landing site. According to an 1899 account, this seawall dates back to the time Andre landed here and he would have seen it as he came ashore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/7f007cfd-4f76-44c3-bc4a-c1e4a0ec084c/Road+of+Andre+and+Arnold+meeting+site.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga Now Hook Mountain State Park, this is the intersection where Andre and Arnold met. The meeting took place just off the to right, according to testimonies of Joshua Smith, who was present at the time. The Long Clove Road (now long overgrown) comes in from the left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/18abe88d-fa57-42ab-94de-b29e1c0a6e7b/The+Firs+where+Andre+and+Arnold+met+1899.png Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga A photo from 1899 showing the "line of Firs" where Andre and Arnold met. Most of the firs have long disappeared and the vegitation in the area has been taken over by invasive species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/26a3665e-ae72-4783-90e2-5d94ebc0c788/Probable+exact+spot+of+the+Andre+and+Arnold+meeting.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga Probably the exact spot Arnold and Andre met. Its the only flat spot, apart from the road itself. Every other pieces of terrain in the area is very treacherous. This area is about 30' x 50', making it almost certaintly where they spoke through the night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/a76e90db-2a88-4546-b79c-d8216e1071a2/View+of+Long+Clove+from+Hudson+River.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga A view of the mountains where Andre and Arnold met, from the Hudson River. The Long Clove Mountain is the shorter peak to the left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/c2ea1b0d-1582-47b0-aa3c-7da1f9c6f1f3/IMG_0483.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga Redoubt 4 at West Point. It is located near the modern Px. Arnold wrote to Andre about Redoubt 4: "Redoubt No. 4, a Wooden work about 10 feet high and fore or five feet thick, the West side faced with a stone wall 8 feet high and four thick . No Bomb Proof, two six pounders, a slight Abattis, a commanding piece of ground 500 yards [west]" (This latter description is likely referring to the location of the modern sewage plant that sits on this ground) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/c9661fc9-0e84-4b5d-996a-70acc9a2f02f/View+from+Redoubt+4+West+Point.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga A view of redoubt 4 at West Point. Note the commanding view of the valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/9daa053f-83a5-4b62-bc30-e320f2caaa4a/IMG_0487.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga Another view of Redoubt 4. Note the full view of the military academy below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/05bd5135-48f2-4f78-a779-7541d5b35519/View+of+Hudson+River+from+Trophy+Point.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga View north up the Hudson River, near what was Fort Arnold, or the main fortress on there area that is now Trophy Point https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/d1800d83-14df-4c6a-b3ab-42cfbd23d318/View+of+Chain+Battery+at+West+Point.JPG Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga A view of where the Chain Battery was at West Point. If you look closely throught the trees, you can see the remains of the battery that overlooked the Great Chain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/5d0e4367-cfcf-48ca-b0f0-fca65b21730e/Smith+House+now+and+then.png Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga The former site of the Smith House where Andre and Arnold went during the daylight to finish their negotiations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/1711037291500-Z8VNBKNLZE404LGA2NBI/Smith%2BHouse%2B1899.jpg Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga Old photo of the Smith House in 1899 before it was demolished https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/81f1c2b4-36f8-4419-abe9-608bba87ab41/Window+of+the+room+where+Andre+stayed.png Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga View from inside the Smith House, the exact room where Andre was alleged to have stayed for the day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/1711037276429-M8B6OIQHLT9LVLX19SJP/Robinson%2BHouse%2B1899.jpg Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Photos of the sites of the Andre/Arnold saga A view of Robinson House, near West Point. 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Sparks interviewed those who participated in it, including Washington's spy chief Benj Tallmadge. It is very readable and free (out of copyright) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/0e097de3-bcab-4793-b3d0-c8693b8fe75d/Crisis+of+the+Revolution.png Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Read the original sources for the Andre/Arnold saga This 1899 account includes very early photos of the Andre/Arnold sites. William Abbatt wrote this as a quasi-history / tourist guide for visiting the sites. Also a very good read (and free!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6473ff5f8f38d41643a35534/2dd9d3a1-e867-432c-9053-c877908dfd21/Memoir+of+Benjamin+Tallmadge.png Traitor: Arnold, Andre, and 13 days that saved the American Revolution - Read the original sources for the Andre/Arnold saga A classic war memoir by Washington's head of intelligence, and the first one to figure out that Arnold and Andre were up to something sinister. Tallmadge was also a cavalry office in the Revolutionary War, making it an engaging read.