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 Commemorative 
 
 NATHAN HALE, 
 Martyr-Spy of the Revolution 
 
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 1887. 
 
 PRESS OF " THE HUB,- 15 PARK PLACE, N. Y. 
 
HALE STATUE. 
 
 T T is proposed to erect in this city a statue to Nathan 
 Hale, who, under the impulse of a rare devotion, 
 sacrificed his life to the cause of American liberty in New 
 York in 1776. Judging from the many favorable expres- 
 sions that appear in print as well as from the attractive- 
 ness of the subject itself, few memorials would be received 
 with more general approbation, as few could be more sig- 
 nificant or fitting. Preeminently historical ground, New 
 York presents an inadequate showing of historical monu- 
 ments. An organized effort to increase their number with 
 a statue of heroic Hale, the t}''pe of American patriotism, 
 surely will not be permitted to meet with failure. 
 
 " His name is as deserving of commemoration as that of Andre." 
 
 Wm. H. Prescott. 
 "His cliaracter is of sterling cast, and his unhappy fate one of the 
 most interesting events of the American Revolution." 
 
 Edward Everett. 
 
 "An upright, disinterested patriot, who seems to have been guided by 
 a sense of duty, and not by a desire for emolument or even for fame." 
 
 George Bancroft. 
 "It is not to success in battle, it is not to eloquence of speech, it is to 
 prompt self-sacrifice, it is to readiness to die when one's country calls, 
 that the honors of to-day are given." Edioard Everett Hale. 
 
 "Thus, while fond Virtue wished in vain to save, 
 Hale, bright and generous, found a hapless grave." 
 
 Pres. Timothy Divight. 
 
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 CAPTAIN NATHAN HALE. 
 
 T^HE name of Nathan Hale — unfortunately too little <'amiliar to 
 -*- the present generation — revives the memory of a noble act 
 of self-forgetfulness. That it made its impression in the days of 
 the Revolution, wherever the circumstances became known, we 
 are assured by something besides tradition ; and since that time it 
 has never failed to touch the heart or excite the admiration of writers 
 who have had occasion to repeat the story. Jared Sparks, the his- 
 torian, after describing, in his Life and Treason of Arnold, the 
 unhappy business and fate of Andre, recalls the youth in the 
 American camp who met a similar death before him, and pays a 
 grateful tribute to his character. " Where," he asks, in closing, 
 " is the memento of the virtues, the patriotic sacrifice, and the 
 early fate of Hale.-' It is not inscribed in marble; it is hardly re- 
 corded in books. Let it be the more deeply cherished in the 
 hearts of his countrymen." Nor less appreciative is the earlier 
 remembrance of President Timothy Dwight, who refers to him as 
 the "bright and generous " Hale, and in the common epic of that 
 period thus describes his tastes and qualities : 
 
 " Thus while fond virtue wished in vain to save, 
 Hale, bright and generous, found a hapless grave. 
 With genius' living flame his bosom glowed, 
 And science charmed him to her sweet abode ; 
 In worth's fair path his feet adventured far, 
 The pride of peace, the rising grace of war ; 
 In duty firm, in danger calm as even, 
 To friends unchanging, and sincere to Heaven. 
 How .short his course — the prize, how early won, 
 While weeping friendship mourns her favorite gone." 
 
 Although Hale suffered in the year 1776, and from the centen- 
 nial standpoint it may appear somewhat late to bring him to 
 mind, it is to be noted that the recollection of his fate was very 
 strikingly revived four years after, or just a century ago, by the 
 capture and execution of Major Andre in connection with the 
 Arnold infamy. Should that event, which, in 1780, profoundly in- 
 
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 terested both Englishmen and Americans, lead to any expressions 
 of sympathy during the present year, or suggest a historical re- 
 view or "anniversary " of the episode, the incident of 1776 must 
 necessarily be coupled with it. The misfortune of the British 
 officer was in many aspects affecting, but it did not stand alone. 
 Hardly had he been captured before the nearly forgotten execu- 
 tion of Hale as a spy was recalled by American officers, and Andre 
 himself remembered it. If their cases differed in certain points, 
 and it was possible for Andre to enter a plausible justification of 
 his movements, where Hale had none whatever to plead, the two 
 victims, on the other hand, bore this resemblance to each other, 
 that both were young officers, beloved by their companions in 
 arms, favorites with their respective commanders, educated, brave, 
 and each anxious to be of essential service, the one to his sover- 
 eign, the other to his cause. 
 
 From 1780 their names have thus been closely associated. Their 
 fate was hard but inevitable, and justified by the necessary rigor of 
 military law ; and for each and both there always have been, on 
 either side of the water, many deep sympathies felt. 
 
 This parallel between Hale and Andre may be of historical in- 
 terest, but it fails to have any personal significance. Hale cer- 
 tainly needs no scenic association to lift him into notice. His 
 name shines with its own brightness. From what we know of him 
 — and that is not a little * — his entire life, short as it was, appears 
 to have been a noble development, his early training and surround- 
 ings being of the kind which contribute much to the building up 
 of characters like his. The little village of Coventry, Connecticut, 
 twenty miles west of Hartford, was his birthplace — the date of his 
 birth, June 6, 1755. His father, Richard Hale, represented the 
 second or third generation of an old New-England family. We 
 may call him a typical farmer, townsman, and deacon of the former 
 century, who took more interest in his colony than the mother 
 country, and who brought up his sons under the strictest convic- 
 tions of duty. In time young Nathan and his elder brother, Enoch, 
 were sent to Yale College, where they both entered the class of 
 1773. The former was but fourteen years of age. Not so surprising, 
 then, that their father, as we find in some of his unpublished let- 
 
 * The late Mr. I. W, Stuart, of Hartford, some years ago wrote a biography of Hale, 
 in which he included the results of a long search for authentic information. The little 
 work contains quite a complete history of the subject. Among its contents are a num- 
 ber of Hale's letters, and his military diary. The best account of his fate is given in 
 the Liye of General William Hull. Lafayette also refers to him in his Memoirs. 
 
ters still preserved, should address them, even in Sophomore year, 
 perhaps later, as " Dear Children." As such he bade them in the 
 kindest terms to study well, " mind the orders of colledge," and at- 
 ^^^ tend to the duties of re- 
 
 "^ ligion. Here young Hale 
 
 came in contact with con- 
 genial fellow-students, 
 whose acquaintance he 
 kept fresh by correspond- 
 ence as long as he lived. 
 His intercourse with them 
 /: no doubt helped to de- 
 y velop his manlier quali- 
 ties, and matured and 
 
 NATHAN HALE S CAMl'-IiOOK 
 
 corrected his judgment. That 
 there were kindred spirits a- 
 mong his classmates would ap- 
 pear from the good proportion 
 of their number who were af- 
 terward led by common im- 
 pulse to engage in the Revolu- 
 tionary struggle. 
 
 Of Hale's class at least half 
 a dozen served long and well. 
 There was Benjamin Tall- 
 madge, of Litchfield, the quite 
 famous major of dragoons, 
 who figures in more than one 
 spirited scene of the Revolu- 
 tion. Noonefamiliar with that 
 period need be told who he 
 
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 Harper in Brothers. 
 
 NATHAN HALE S SADDLE-BAGS. 
 
was. Another, Captain Ezra Selden, of Lyme, one of Wayne's Stony 
 Point heroes; another. Captain James Hillhouse, whoso gallantly 
 led a party of volunteers against the British in their raid upon 
 New Haven in 1779; and still another was Major John Palsgrave 
 Wyllys, of Hartford, Hale's early correspondent, who gave fifteen 
 years to the service of the country — eight in the Revolution and 
 seven after — until he fell, with a handful of regulars, in Harmar's 
 Indian defeat on the Miami in 1790. Probably, too, Hale was ac- 
 quainted, while in college, with such men as Colonel David Hum- 
 phreys; Colonel John Brown (a noble spirit who, like Wyllys, met 
 his fate in an ambush, but ten years before, at Stone Arabia) ; Col- 
 onels Isaac Sherman and Ebenezer Huntington ; Captains Rich- 
 ard Sill, Roger Alden and Joseph Walker, aides to Stirling, 
 Huntington and Parsons ; and, among others. Captains Roger 
 Welles, Samuel Barker, James Morris, and the two sons of Presi- 
 dent Daggett, all light-infantry officers under Washington. These 
 young collegians no doubt conducted themselves with credit and 
 honor, and had Hale been spared for a similar career, we can easily 
 imagine him returning from the war, like them, with well-earned 
 laurels. But he was reserved for something more than service : it 
 fell to him to exhibit devotion to his country of the highest possi- 
 ble order. 
 
 Upon graduation Hale taught school, first at Moodus, in the 
 town of East Haddam, and then at New London. A venerable 
 lady at the former place remembered him long after. " Everybody 
 loved him," she said, " he was so sprightly, intelligent and kind, 
 and so handsome." Describing his personal appearance, his bi- 
 ographer gives him a well-proportioned figure, full of suppleness 
 and strength, a broad chest, open face, light blue eyes, light rosy 
 complexion, and hair of a medium brown. At leaping he was with- 
 out an equal among his companions. 
 
 It was while teaching at New London that he took the step 
 which led to the bright fame he has left. Evidently he had been 
 watching the progress of the dispute with Great Britain, and al- 
 ready had his colonial sympathies deeply aroused. As early as 
 November, 1774, he writes, in an unpublished letter, that although 
 as yet the New-Londoners had not erected a liberty-pole, they 
 were all full of spirit. Under such circumstances his own course 
 was not likely to remain long undecided, after the emergency had 
 once arisen. Certainly he showed no hesitation as to his duty 
 when the Lexington alarm startled the country. It seems to be 
 well authenticated that, when the news reached New London, and 
 
a town-meeting was called, Hale not only attended, but made a 
 vigorous speech. " Let us march immediately, and never lay down 
 our_[arms until we obtain our independence," was one of his re- 
 ported expressions. So 
 he foresaw what many 
 others were unwilling to 
 admit at that date, that 
 the struggle, once begun, 
 meant final separation 
 from the mother coun- 
 try. Following up this 
 patriotic declaration, the 
 young school-master 
 closed his school, and 
 enrolled as a volunteer 
 in the general posse that 
 hurried off from all quar- 
 ters toward Boston. He 
 returned shortly after, 
 but only to remain a few- 
 weeks, as he had finally 
 accepted an appointment 
 as lieutenant in a new 
 
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 Hakper & Brothers. 
 
 N.^THAN HALE S CAMP-BASKET. 
 
 regiment then forming, 
 to be commanded by 
 Colonel Charles Webb, 
 of Stamford. It was a 
 tearful hour, we are told, 
 when he broke up his 
 school forever, separat- 
 ing from patrons and 
 scholars by whom he was 
 respected and loved, and 
 postponing his own and 
 his father's cherished 
 plans of studying for the 
 ministry; but what inner 
 strength of heart and 
 cheerfulnes must have 
 buoyed him up as he went 
 out to do what he felt the 
 times required of him ! 
 
 NATHAN HALE S POWDER-HORN. 
 
Colonel Webb's regiment being ordered to re-enforce Washing- 
 ton, Hale's tirst military experiences were associated with the siege 
 of Boston. He was stationed, until late in the following January, 
 in General Sullivan's brigade, at Winter Hill, on the left of the 
 line, and on the straight road to the enemy at Bunker Hill. Here 
 he kept a daily journal, and its brief entries show how great an in- 
 terest he took in camp and field matters, and with what student- 
 like method and eagerness he set about to perfect himself in his 
 new duties. If soldier he must be, he proposed to make himself 
 a good one, although, so far as active service was concerned, the 
 situation gave him little opportunity to prove his mettle in a brush 
 with the enemy. Now and then there were alarms and skirmishes, 
 and occasionally we meet with some interesting personal coinci- 
 dence. For instance, in the present case, while Hale went on duty, 
 in camp or on the lines, and noted almost everything that he 
 saw or heard, we read of a young British captain — his fine face 
 suggesting characteristics not unlike Hale's — who was posted op- 
 posite on Bunker Hill, and who wrote home descriptions of 
 the siege from his point of view. This was Captain William Glan- 
 ville Evelyn, the son of a clergyman, and descended from the same 
 stock with John Evelyn, the learned author of Sylva. There were 
 Evelyns born in Kent, the birthplace of Hale's English ancestors. 
 
 These young officers seemed equally intent on the passing scenes 
 around Boston, and jotted down matters great and small. Thus 
 Hale, one Tuesday in December, made this entry m his diary : 
 " Went to Cobble Hill. A shell and a shot from Bunker Hill. 
 The shell breaking in the air, one piece fell, and touched a man's 
 hat, but did no harm." Over on Bunker Hill, Evelyn wrote of 
 their ducking at the whistling of a 24-pounder, and of a shot which 
 went through a tent, " and fairly took the crown out of one of the 
 King's Own Grenadier's hats." Luckily, as he adds, " his head was 
 not in it." Both enter more fully into the little affairs of Novem- 
 ber 9, 1775, at Lechmere's Point, in which certainly one if not both 
 officers were engaged. They were again on opposite sides on Long 
 Island, but destined soon to lie buried in common soil at New 
 York, one falling within a month of the other, and both greatly 
 missed as soldiers of much promise. 
 
 Events at Boston soon culminated in American success, and 
 in the spring of 1776 we find Washington's army transferred to the 
 new base of operations at New York. At the beginning of the 
 year the troops were reorganized ; Colonel Webb's regiment be- 
 came the Nineteenth Continentals, and Hale's name now appears 
 
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 HALE MONUMENT AT SOUTH COVENTRV, CONNECTICUT, 
 
on the roll of its captains. A characteristic act is recorded 
 of him while the new enlistments were going on. Men hesitated 
 to enter for long periods, and recruiting was almost alarmingly 
 slow in consequence. Hale was so anxious to keep his company 
 that he finally offered the patriotic inducement which is thus 
 briefly entered in his diary : " Promised the men, if they would 
 tarry another month, they should have my wages for that time." 
 The first collision and disaster at New York foreshadowed the 
 fate of this ingenuous youth. In the long and tedious work of 
 fortifying the new position, Hale and his regiment had their full 
 share. Here, after assignment to MacDougall's brigade, they en- 
 camped near Bayard's Hill Fort, on the line of Grand Street, near 
 the Bowery. In one of his last letters, written from this point, 
 August 20, 1776, he tells his brother: 
 
 "Our situation has been such this fortnight or more as scarce to admit of writing. 
 We have daily expected an action — by which means, if any one was going, and 
 we liad letters written, orders were so strict for our tarrying in camp, that we 
 could rarely get leave to go and deliver them. For about six or eight days the 
 enemy have been expected hourly, whenever the wind and tide least favored. 
 We keep a particular look-out for them this morning. The place and manner 
 of attack, time must determine. The event we leave to Heaven." 
 
 The attack came one week later, on August 27, and we suffered 
 the heavy defeat on Long Island. Webb's regiment, with others, 
 was hurried over the East River early in the morning, but took no 
 part in the engagement. Three days after occurred Washington's 
 skillful retreat to the New York side, and with it began the series 
 of perplexities and reverses which so distressed our army in that 
 critical campaign. The suddenly changed and uncomfortable posi- 
 tion of affairs greatly increased the anxiety of the commander-in- 
 chief. One thing he felt the need of especially, and that was in- 
 formation respecting the strength and probable movements of the 
 enemy. Later in the war he succeeded in obtaining such infor- 
 mation, and could manoeuvre intelligently, even with an army 
 which half the time was unfit to take the field for any extended 
 operations; and it is interesting to note that the officer who 
 managed these lines of communication with the opposite camp was 
 Hale's friend and classmate Major Benjamin Tallmadge. But at 
 this date, after the Long Island aft'air, Washington was totally at a 
 loss for proper intelligence, andsuggested every temporary expedi- 
 ent for securing it. Nothing but -the East River being now be- 
 tween him and the powerful enemy, it was of the utmost import- 
 ance that he should be warned in ample time of their advance. 
 
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"As everything," he wrote to Heath, at Kingsbridge. " in a man- 
 ner depends upon obtaining intelligence cf the enemy's motions, 
 I do most earnestly entreat you and General Clinton to exert 
 yourselves to accomplish this most desirable end. Leave no stone 
 unturned, nor do not stick at expense, to bring this to pass, as I 
 never was more uneasy than on account of my want of knowledge 
 on this score. Keep constant look-outs," he adds, "with good 
 glasses on some commanding heights that look well on to the other 
 shore." 
 
 It was in this emergency, when a successful accomplishment of 
 Washington's wishes would have been of the greatest use to the 
 army, that Captain Hale stepped forward to ofTer his services. It 
 happened that he had recently volunteered to act as one of the 
 officers of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Knowlton's new corps of 
 Rangers organized to scout between the lines, feel the enemy's 
 position, and report directly to the commander-in-chief. Knowl- 
 ton was a gallant officer, a near townsman of Hale's, and must 
 have known his worth, or he could not have accepted him for the 
 Rangers. Early in September, when 'Washington's suspense was 
 keenest, the colonel broached the matter of obtaining the desired 
 information to his own officers, in the hope that some one of them 
 might be able to serve the chief. The suggestion appears to have 
 deeply impressed Hale, who, after the interview with Knowlton, 
 went to talk the subject over with his fellow-officer and college 
 friend. Captain William Hull, of Webb's regiment. This we know 
 from Hull himself. The two captains discussed the question of 
 undertaking the role of a spy. Hull used every argument to dis- 
 suade Hale from the dangerous service, and appea.ed to him as a 
 soldier not to run the risk of closing his promising career with an 
 ignominious death. Hale, however, althoujjh fully sensible of the 
 consequences of capture, could think of nothing but duty. He told 
 Hull that for a year he had been attached to the army, and had 
 rendered no material service ; that he wished to be useful ; was 
 uninfluenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward ; 
 and so far as the peculiar duty in question was concerned, he felt 
 that " e7'ery kind of servne necessary to the public good became hon- 
 oi-abie by being necessary." Calmly and firmly deciding the ques- 
 tion for himself. Hale soon after reported to Washington his readi- 
 ness to enter the British Imes in disguise. What instructions, 
 what advice, what cautions, he received from the general there are 
 no records to tell us. These facts only we know certainly : that he 
 suddenly disappeared from camp, passed up the Connecticut coast. 
 
changed his uniform for a school-master's garb, crossed to Hunt- 
 ington, Long Island, and then made his way to the enemy at Brook- 
 lyn and New York — never to return. After making satisfactory 
 observations, taking sketches of works, and writing his notes in 
 Latin, he was on the point of returning to the Connecticut shore, 
 when he was seized and held as a spy ! A boat was to have met 
 him at Huntington Bay, and,- on the morning of the i8th or 19th of 
 September, as he was waiting near the shore, the supposed craft 
 made its appearance ; but he approached it only to find that it was 
 a yawl from a British cruiser lying below, and that retreat on his 
 part was impossible. Ordered to surrender, with the guns of the 
 marines leveled at him, he yielded to the situation, was taken to the 
 man-of-war, conveyed to New York, and there delivered to the 
 . military authorities. 
 
 / At New York, Hale was brought before Sir William Howe, the 
 
 \,^ English commander-in-chief. An American spy at that time was 
 
 likely to receive but trifling consideration. Hale received none. 
 Four years later, when Andre was captured, every attention and 
 comfort was accorded him by Washington's officers during his con- 
 finement and trial. He himself expressed his grateful appreciation 
 of their tenderness. But Andre was the adjutant-general of the 
 British army, and mixed up with Arnold and Clinton in a dazzling 
 plot to obtain an American stronghold. He was out on " official " 
 business. In addition, in 1780 both sides were treating each other 
 with more military respect than in the first years of the war. In 
 1776 poor Hale was a wretched Continental — rebel as well as spy — 
 and punishment could be neither too swift nor too severe. Pos- 
 sibly in 1776 an English officer, caught in the American camp under 
 Hale's circumstances, would have received like treatment, so far as 
 immediate condemnation was concerned. In Hale's case, certainly, 
 the treatment was summary as well as peculiarly heartless. The 
 only relief in the picture is the noble bearing of the prisoner. In- 
 stead of attempting a defense, or explaining the papers found upon 
 his person, he frankly declared his rank in Washington's army, and 
 the object of his visit to the British camp. If tradition and meager 
 records are correct, the scene of his examination and sentence was 
 the little greenhouse in the garden of the old Beekman mansion, on 
 Fifty-second Street, near First Avenue, where Howe had fixed his 
 head-quarters. Upon this confession the British commander — 
 and it is difficult to see how he could have done otherwise — pro- 
 nounced him a spy, and ordered his execution to take place on the 
 following morning. 
 
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The "following morning "was Sunday, the 22d of September, 
 1776. Where Hale spent that night, whether at the jail (the 
 present Hall of Records), or at some guard- house, does not appear. 
 One thing is known, that he was put into the care of a provost- 
 marshal of a most inhuman sort, said to be the noted Cunning- 
 ham, whose name afterward sent a shudder through every one 
 who chanced to become his prisoner. Assured that his fate was 
 sealed, Hale requested that he might be attended by a clergyman, 
 but this was refused by the marshal ; so too was his request for a 
 Bible. On the fatal morning he was led out to the place of his 
 execution, which, upon the best data at hand, appears to have been 
 the Rutgers' orchard, not far above Franklin Square on East 
 Broadway, and there calmly awaited his fate. Pending the prep- 
 arations, an English officer received permission to have Hale 
 remain in his tent, where the latter found time to write letters to 
 his mother and a comrade in the army. 
 
 When Andre walked to the scaflfold in 1780, no sign of faintness 
 escaped him, but, bowing to all around, he said, at the closing 
 moment, " Gentlemen, you will bear witness that I die with the 
 firmness becoming a soldier." Eye-witnesses on the occasion have 
 left the record that his self-possession throughout the trying scene 
 was perfect. This was equally true of Hale, but Hale was far from 
 being a professional soldier, and the thought of sustaining that 
 character to the end seems not to have occurred to him. Andre 
 could not belie the traditional courage of the British officer. Hale 
 could not belie the cause he had voluntarily espoused, and when 
 summoned from the tent where he had written the letters, to suffer 
 his fate, his heart found spontaneous and unaffected utterance in 
 words not to be forgotten. "/ only regret," he said, to the few 
 spectators present, " i/iat I have but one life to lose for my countty." 
 Does any page in history furnish the example of a purer patriot 
 than Hale ? 
 
 Owing to the hurry, vexations and defeats of our army, which 
 overshadowed everything that fall, Hale's execution failed to receive 
 much attention at the time. Very few were aware of his mission 
 to the enemy, and the particulars of his noble sacrifice were prob- 
 ably not generally known until later. That Washington and 
 his staff officers were moved by his fate, and had discussed his case 
 as a military precedent, seems to be made certain by the reference 
 which Colonel Tilghman, one of the chief's aides, makes in a letter 
 to Mr. Duer, of the New York Convention. "General Howe," he 
 writes, " hanged a captain of ours belonging to Knowlton's Rangers 
 
who went into New York to make discoveries. I do not see why 
 we should not make retaliation." Of course retaliation was out of 
 the question, for Hale carried his life in his hands ; but if time ever 
 works out poetic revenges of its own, was it possibly avenging 
 Hale's fate four years later, when Andre suffered ? It might be 
 called a singular coincidence that Hale's much-loved classmate, 
 Major Tallmadge, was Andre's real captor, and that on the way to 
 Washington's camp they talked of Hale. So, also, it may be noticed 
 that Lafayette, late in life, once stated in Paris that Andre's proven 
 guilt and Captain Hale's case were considerations which led to the 
 former's sentence ; and in his Meinoirs, written long before, the 
 same general says : 
 
 "Captain Hale, of Connecticut, a distinguished younj,'^ man, beloved by his 
 family and friends, had been taken on Long Island under circumstances of the 
 same kind as those that occasioned the death of Major Andre ; but instead of being 
 treated with the like respect, to which Major Andre himself bore testimony, 
 Caotain }lale was insulted to the last moment of his life. 'This is a fine death 
 for a soldier ! ' said one of the English officers who were surrounding the cart of 
 execution. 'Sir,' replied Hale, lifting up his cap, 'there is no death which 
 would not be rendered noble in such a glorious cause.' He calmly replaced his 
 cap, and, the fatal cart moving on, he died with the most perfect composure." 
 
 Here was Hale's memory confronting Andre at his very arrest 
 and trial. 
 
 It only remains to repeat the two well-known facts, that Andre's 
 memory has been honored with a grave and inscription, in common 
 with England's distinguished dead, in Westminster Abbey, while 
 Hale has passed unnoticed by his countrymen, save in his nativ'e 
 town of Coventry, where, some thirty or forty years ago, a plain 
 monument was erected by the patriotic inhabitants, assisted by a 
 small grant from the State. The captain's heroic, unselfish sacri- 
 fice merits a less obscure recognition. Where but in New York, 
 where Hale suffered, should some worthy tribute be accorded 
 him .'' 
 
 H. P. Johnston, 
 
 In Harper's, May, 1887. '' 
 
 The plates in the above article were kindly loaned by Messrs. Harper & Bro. 
 
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 The Society of the Sons of the Revolution propose to 
 erect a Statue, in bronze, to the memory of Nathan Hale. 
 The design has been determined upon ; the site has been 
 selected. The aid and assistance of each and every mem- 
 ber of the Society will be necessary to complete this work. 
 
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Incorporated under the laws of the State of New-York. 
 May 3d, 18S4. 
 
 Incorporators : 
 
 John Austin Stevens, 
 
 John Cochrane, 
 
 Austin Huntington, 
 
 Geo. H. Potts, 
 
 Frederick S. TyVI.i.madce, 
 
 Geo. W. W. Houghton, 
 
 Asa Bird Gardiner, 
 
 Thos. H. Edsall, 
 
 Joseph W. Drexel, 
 
 James Mortimer Montgomery 
 
 James Duane LiviNiisidN, 
 
 Alexander R. Thompson, |r. 
 
OFFICERS. 
 
 Frederick S. Tallmadge, President. 
 Elrridge T. Gekrv, Vice-President. 
 James Mortimer Mdxtggmerv, Secretary. 
 Asa CooLincE Warren, Treasurer. 
 
 Board of Managers : 
 
 John B. Ireland, 
 
 Floyd Clarkson, 
 
 Geo. Clinton Genet, 
 
 Henry W. LeRoy, 
 
 James Duane Livin(;ston, 
 
 Geo. Parsons Lathrop, 
 
 Horace B.arnard, 
 
 Edward R. Satterlee, 
 
 Dr. John C. Jay, Jr. 
 
 Frederick S. Tallmadge, Ex-Officio, 
 
 James Mortimer Montgomery, 
 
 Asa Coolidge Warren, " 
 
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Committee on Entertainment ; 
 
 Frederick S. Tallmadge, Chainium 
 John B. Ireland, 
 Henry W. LeRoy, 
 James Duane Livingston. 
 
 Committee on Insignia : 
 
 Floyd Clarkson, Chairimui, 
 Geo. Parsons Lathrop, 
 Asa C. Warren. 
 
 Committee on Hale Monument : 
 
 Geo. Clinton Genet, 
 Dr. John C. Jay, Jr., 
 James Moktimkk Montgomery. 
 
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MEMBERS 
 
 Abney, John Rutledge 4 W. 2qth St., New-Vork 
 
 Aborn, Robert W 1071 Park ave., New-York 
 
 Adams, Charles H 16 E. 67th st., New-York. 
 
 Allen, Ethan 115 Broadway, New- York. 
 
 , Anthony, Richard Amerman 591 Broadway, New- York 
 
 . Astor, Wm. Waldorf 7 E. 33d st., New-York. 
 
 , Barnard , Horace 26 E. 35th St., New-York. 
 
 . Bartow, Morey Hale 31 Park Row, New- York. 
 
 , Belden, Wm 810 5th ave., New- York. 
 
 1887. Belknap, Robert Leno.x s Gramercy Park, New-York. 
 
 . Benjamin, Arthur Bedell Stratford, Ct. 
 
 . Benjamin, Frederick A Stratford, Ct. 
 
 , Bissell, Wm. H 58 Irving Place, New- York. 
 
 . Bloodgood, Robert F 8 W. 2[St St., New-York. 
 
 . Bolton, J. C 115 Broadway, New-York. 
 
 . Bowman, Joseph Joslyn 245 Broadway, New-York. 
 
 . BuUus, Albert 85 Clinton Place, New- York. 
 
 . Butler, Charles 78 Park ave., New-York. 
 
 . Burrall, F. A., M. D 48 W. 17th St., New- York. 
 
 1S85. Carr, Wm. Henry 5th Ave. Hotel, New-York. 
 
 . Carroll, Edward, Jr 10 Wall st.. New- York. 
 
 . Casey, Edward P 4.3 W. 35th St., New-York. 
 
 Chrystie, John A 23 Nassau St., New- York. 
 
 . Chrystie, Thomas W Newburgh, N. Y. 
 
 . Clarkson, Floyd 39 Broadway, New-York. 
 
 . Clarkson, John Van Boskerck 39 Broadway, New-York. 
 
 . Clarkson, Ashton Crosby 136 E. 73d st.. New- York. 
 
 . Coale, Samuel Chase Rutherford, N. J. 
 
 . Coe, Charles A 4 E. 46th St., New- York. 
 
 . Constant, Samuel Victor 405 W. 21st st., New- York. 
 
 . Crane, Charles Nicoll 54 W. 38th St., New-York, 
 
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'. Crosby, Livingston iiS E. 24th St., New- York. 
 
 18S4. Crosby, Wm. B 31 Nassau St., New- York. 
 
 . Darlington, John Lacey, Jr 15 Abingdon Square, New- York. 
 
 . Darlington, Wm. Lacey, ,M. D 130 Allen St., New- York. 
 
 . Davidson, George Trimble 56 Wall St., New-York. 
 
 . Delafield, Clarence 95 Liberty St., New- York. 
 
 . Delatield, Tallmadge 95 Liberty St., New- York. 
 
 . Delavan, Charles H 136 W. 22d st., New-York. 
 
 . Delevan, Christian S 136 W. 22d St., New- York. 
 
 '. Dickerson, Edward Nicoll 7 Beekman St., New- York. 
 
 1886. Dickerson, Edward Nicoll, Jr 64 E. 34th St., New- York. 
 
 1886. Dickerson, John New-York Yacht Club, New- York. 
 
 . Diefendorf, Menzo 200 W. s6th st.. New- York. 
 
 . Dorainick, Marinus V\'illett 74 Broadway, New-York. 
 
 . Drexel, Joseph W 103 Madison ave.. New- York. 
 
 . Drowne, Henry T 147 W. 36th St.. New-York. 
 
 . Edsall, Thomas H 67 Wall St., New- York. 
 
 . Evans, Thos. Grier 49 Nassau st., New-York. 
 
 . Farley, Gustavus, Jr 64 South st.. New- York. 
 
 . Feeter, Jacob W 310 5th ave., New- York. 
 
 . Fitch, John 26T Broadway, New- York. 
 
 . Floyd, Augustus Moriches, L. L 
 
 . Floyd. John G 81 William st., New-York. 
 
 . Floyd-Jones, George .S Wall st. , New- York. 
 
 . Foster, James A 238 W. 14th st. , New- York. 
 
 . Fry, George Gardiner Rye Neck, Wes. Co., New- York. 
 
 . Gallup, C. Van Eversdyk Calumet Club, New- York. 
 
 1884. Gardiner, Asa Bird, I.L. P ,.31 Nassau st., New-York. 
 
 37. Gawtry, Harrison E 18 W. nth st , New-York. 
 
 84. Genet, George Clinton 132 Nassau .st , New- York. 
 
 85. Genet, Albert Rivers 132 Nassau St., New- York. 
 
 S5. Gerry, Elbridge T 261 Broadway, New- York. 
 
 86. Goold, Clarence W 137 W. i22d St., New- York. 
 
 87. Griswold, Chester 23 W. 48th st., New-York. 
 
 84. Guild, Frederick A 14 Remsen St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 84. Hackley, Caleb Brewsler Murray Hill Hotel, New-York. 
 
 87. Hackstaff, Wm. G 408 W. 20th St., New-York. 
 
 86. Hamilton, Robert Ray 48 W. 38th St., New- York. 
 
 1886. Hamilton, Wm. Gaston 105 E. 2 tst St., New-York. 
 
 . Harper, Franklin 42 E. 49th St., New-York. 
 
 . Hatch, Arthur Melvin 14 Nassau St., New- York. 
 
 1886. Hatch, N. W. T 14 Nassau st.. New- York. 
 
 . Hawes, Gilbert R 120 Broadway, New-York. 
 
 1887. Hawkes, E. McDougall 161 Madison ave., New-York. 
 
 . Hawthorne, Julian Sag Harbor, L. L 
 
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Hayes, R. Somers i8 Wall St., New- York 
 
 Healev, Warren M •. 1478 Broadway, New- York. 
 
 Hedden, Edward L 38 W. 49th St., New-York_ 
 
 Hill, John L 155 6th ave., Brooklyn, N. y! 
 
 Holcombe, Wm. Y.,M.D 54 E. 25th St., New- York. 
 
 Holt, George C m Broadway, New-York. 
 
 Houghton, George W. W 323 Pearl St., New-York. 
 
 Howell, Richard Stockton 16 E. 37th St., New- York. 
 
 Hubbard, Grosvenor D 35 Wall St., New- York. 
 
 Huntington, Austin 165 Broadway, New- York. 
 
 Huntington, F. J 165 Broadway, New- York. 
 
 Humphreys, A. W 45 William st.. New- York. 
 
 Hurlburt, Percy Dakin 570 Monroe St., Brooklyn 
 
 Ingersoll, Rev. Edward P 485 Greene ave., Brooklyn 
 
 Imlay, Wessell T. B. S 157 Madison St., Brooklyn. 
 
 Ireland, John B 170 Broadway, New- York. 
 
 Jackson, Wm. H 825 Madison ave., New- York. 
 
 Jay, John C. Jr., J/. /:> 17 VV, ^eih St., New-York. 
 
 Jewett, Rev. A. D. L ?2 E. 54th St., New- York 
 
 Johnson, Samuel William Rye Neck, Wes. Co., N. Y. 
 
 Johnson, William Samuel Rye Neck, Wes. Co. N. Y. 
 
 King. Horatio C qi Pineapple St., Brooklyn. 
 
 Knickerbocker, Henry 830 5th ave., New- York. 
 
 Lathrop, Francis 80 Washington Square, New- York. 
 
 Lathrop, Geo. Parsons 29 Washington Square, New- York. 
 
 LeRoy, Henry W loi E. 19th St., New-York. 
 
 Livingston, James Duane 42 W. gth St., New- York. 
 
 Livingston, Philip L 5 E. 53d st.. New- York. 
 
 Lockwood, Howard , 125 E. 57th St., New-York. 
 
 Lockwood, James Betts White Plains, N. Y. 
 
 Luckey, C. C 348 W. 56th St., New- York. 
 
 Malcolm, Philip Schuyler Oswego, N. Y. 
 
 Marsh, Charles Baumann 274 W. jzSth St., New- York. 
 
 McDonald, Frank V 532 Washington St., New- York. 
 
 McDowell, Charles E 120 Liberty St., New-York. 
 
 McDowell, Wm. O 120 Liberty St., New- York. 
 
 Miller, J. Bleecker 44 W. 9th st., New-York. 
 
 Montgomery, James Mortimer 109 Wall st.. New- York. 
 
 Montgomery, Richard Malcolm 106 Wall St., New-York. 
 
 Morfit Clarence 38 E. 67th St., New- York. 
 
 Morgan, Rev. Brockholst 1 1 Livingston Place, New- York. 
 
 Morris, Gouverneur 80 Broadway, New- York. 
 
 Murray, Charles H 200 Broadway, New- York. 
 
 Nicholson, Chrystie Fen 462 Broadway, New- York. 
 
 Owens, James 154 E. 57th St., New- York. 
 
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1887. Parkin, Henry Greiiville 49 5th ave., New-York. 
 
 . Patterson, Jacob M 152 Stanton st., New- York. 
 
 . Perkins, Edward C n5 Broad wa)', New-York. 
 
 . Pierrepont, John Jay i Pierrepont Place, Brooklyn. 
 
 . Popham, George Morris iiS Waverly Place, New-York. 
 
 . Potter, Henry L Linden, N.J. 
 
 . Potts, Geo. H Park Bank, New-York. 
 
 . Redding, C. H. E 323 Pearl st., New- York. 
 
 . Reed, Theo. F Spring Valley, Rockland Co., N. Y. 
 
 . Riker, John Jackson 45 Cedar St., New- York. 
 
 . Roe, Wm. James Newburgh, N. Y. 
 
 . Roosa, Daniel B. St. John, J/. D 20 E. 30th St., New-York. 
 
 . Sanford, Elliot 106 E. 25th St., New-York. 
 
 . Sanford, Jared Mount Vernon, N. Y. 
 
 . Satterlee, Edward R 48 Pine st , New- York. 
 
 . Satterlee, F. Le Roy, M. D 21 W. 19th St., New-York. 
 
 . Satterlee, Samuel K Rye, Wes. Co., N. Y. 
 
 . Satterlee, Walter Y. M. C. A., New- York. 
 
 . Schuyler, Spencer D 56 W. 38th st., New- York. 
 
 . Seeley, H. W 158 W. 45th st. New- York. 
 
 . Sheldon, Wm. Crawford, Jr 2 Wall st.. New- York. 
 
 . Short, Edward Lyman n E. 29th st., New-York. 
 
 . Shrody, Jacob 2046 Madison ave., New- York . 
 
 . Shrody, John M. D 66 W. 126th st.. New- York. 
 
 . Shrody, William 2046 Madison ave.. New- York. 
 
 . Sillcock, John J 234 W. 21st St., New- York. 
 
 . Sims, Clifford Stanley 160 Broadway, New-York. 
 
 . Smith, Thos. West 1994 Lexington ave.. New-York. 
 
 . Sprague, Charles E. . .Union Dime Savings Bank, B'way and 6th ave., New-York. 
 
 . Squier, Frank 84 Duane St.. New- York. 
 
 . Stanton, F. McMillan 76 Wall St., New-York. 
 
 . Stanton, John R 76 Wall St., New- York. 
 
 . Stevens, John Austin Newport, R. I. 
 
 . Stone, Wm 243 Broadway, New- York. 
 
 . Storm, Thomas Park Ave. Hotel, New- York. 
 
 . Storm, Watton 49 W. 57th st.. New- York. 
 
 . Strobel, Edward Henry \5_. S. Legation, Madrid, Spain. 
 
 . Strong, Theron G 38 W. 52d St., New-York. 
 
 . Suydam, John R 14 E. 41st St., New-York. 
 
 . Swartout, Satterlee Stamford, Conn. 
 
 . Talbot, Theo. B 96 Broadway, New- York. 
 
 . Tallmadge, Frederick S 20 W, 17th St., New- York. 
 
 . Tapp, Ed. Wm 15 Burling Slip, New- York. 
 
 . Taylor, Samuel R 120 Broadway, New- York. 
 
 Thompson, Ale.x. R., Jr 55 Liberty St., New-York. 
 
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 1884. Thompson, Wm. R .55 Liberty st., New-York. 
 
 . Thompson, Beverhout, M. D 1 1 1 W. 43d st., New-York. 
 
 . Tomlinson, John Canfield 40 Wall St., New- York. 
 
 . Tomlinson, Theo. E., Jr 39 Broadway, New-York. 
 
 . Tremain, Henry Edwin niy Broadway, New- York. 
 
 . Tyler, Mason W 105 Broadway, New- York. 
 
 . Valentine, Abraham B 10 E. 41st St., New- York. 
 
 . Vanderpoel, John A 224 Madison ave., New- York. 
 
 . Van Winkle, Edgar Beach 117 E. 70th St., New-Vork. 
 
 . Varnum, James M -31 N^issau St., New- York. 
 
 . Ver Planck, Wm. Gordon 42 Pine st.. New- York. 
 
 . Wainwright, John Tillotson 23 E. 28th St., New- York. 
 
 . Ward, Sylvester L. H 65 Wall St., New- York. 
 
 . Warren, Asa Coolidge 26 W. igth St., New- York. 
 
 . Webb, Alex. S.,LL. D 15 Lexington ave., N'ew-York. 
 
 . Weston, Rev. Dan'l Coney, D. /' 2 Rutherford Place, New- York. 
 
 . Wilson, H. A 315 E. 28th st.. New- York. 
 
 . Wood, E. T 200 Broadway, New- York. 
 
 . Wright, W. F., J/. /; 57 W. loth St., New-York. 
 
 . . Wyeth, Geo. Edgar . .5 E. 27th St., New-York. 
 
 1887. Wyeth, Leonard J., Jr Riverdale, N. Y. 
 
 J^'Total Membership, April 19, 18S7, 187. 
 
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