nt-governor of Nova Scotia, 1724; held office until
1739. Served in America for more than thirty years. Committed suicide,
1739. =Bib.=: Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia_; _Selections from the
Public Documents of Nova Scotia_, ed. by Akins.

=Arnold, Benedict= (1741-1801). A druggist at New Haven, Conn. When the
War of Independence broke out, in 1775, organized an expedition against
British on Lake Champlain. The same year led a body of picked men to
Quebec by way of the Kennebec and Chaudiere. After the unsuccessful
assault on Quebec, was in several small engagements near Montreal;
finally driven out of the province. Given command of Philadelphia; took
offence at slights put upon him by Congress, and attempted to betray
West Point to Clinton. Afterwards commanded a corps of American refugees
on the British side; settled for a time in the West Indies; died in
London. =Index=: =Dr= Captures and abandons Fort St. Johns, 83; his
early life, 104; assigned command of expedition against Quebec, 105;
constitution of his force, 106; his march through the wilderness,
107-109; assisted by the _habitants_, 110; crosses St. Lawrence and
lands at Wolfe's Cove, 110; sends summons for surrender of Quebec, 111;
retires to Pointe aux Trembles, 111; repulsed and wounded in attack on
Quebec, 128; surrender of his men, 131; is transferred to Montreal,
132-135; advances to meet Foster, 142; burns chateau of Senneville, 143;
his narrow escape, 147; in command of American ships on Lake Champlain,
155; defeated near Crown Point, 156. =S= Applies for grant of land in
Upper Canada, 104. =Hd= His repulse at Quebec, 112; the invasion, 127;
his "Address to the People of America," 227; commissioners sent to
Montreal to confer with, 276; furnishes list of rebels to Clinton, 281.
_See also_ Montgomery; Ethan Allen; American Invasion. =Bib.=: Arnold,
_Life of Benedict Arnold_; Todd, _The Real Benedict Arnold_; Sparks,
_American Biography_; Codman, _Arnold's Expedition to Quebec_; Henry,
_Arnold's Campaign against Quebec_; Smith, _Arnold's March from
Cambridge to Quebec_; Jones, _The Campaign for the Conquest of Canada in
1776_; _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Arnoux.= =WM= King's surgeon, Montcalm carried into house of, 218.

=Aroostook War=, 1839. =W= Arose out of unsettled boundary question
between Maine and New Brunswick, 135. =Bib.=: Sprague, _The
North-Eastern Boundary Controversy and the Aroostook War_.

=Arrangement of 1830.= Provided that United States