Average (mean) square footage for new single-family homes fell from 2,736 to 2,714 for the second three months of the year. On a less volatile one-year moving average, the recent trend of leveling home size can be see on the graph above, although current sizes remain elevated.
Washington obliged and would soon foil Benedict Arnoldâs attempt to betray his country. Arnold was one of six children to his father Benedict Arnold III and his mother Hannah King. He was born in Connecticut Colony on January 14, 1741. Arnoldâs childhood was rough but typical of that day.
Wife of American Traitor General Benedict Arnold. Image: Peggy Shippen Arnold and her daughter. By Sir Thomas Lawrence. Peggy (Margaret) Shippen was born on July 11, 1760, to one of the most prominent families in Philadelphia, which included two Philadelphia mayors and the founder of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.