Correct, but his British handler Andre was detained. Perhaps they got it confused? Or blended two stories?
As I read it, Washington was supposed to meet Arnold that day but Arnold found out André was captured and fled.
”Upon receiving Jameson's message, however, he learned that Jameson had sent Washington the papers which André was carrying. Arnold immediately hastened to the shore and ordered bargemen to row him downriver to where HMS Vulture was anchored, fleeing on it to New York City.”
Perhaps Arnold fled from that spot? The tour guide’s story is “sexier” than that I guess.
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