Nathan Hale, by Frederick MacMonnies, 1890, City Hall Park, New York

Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was a officer for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Widely considered America's first spy,^[1] he volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission, but was caught by the British. He is best remembered for his speech before being hanged following the Battle of Long Island, in which he purportedly said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country". Hale has long been considered an American hero and, in 1985, he was officially designated the State Hero of Connecticut.^[2] Nathan Hale may refer to: Nathan Hale, American spy during the Revolutionary War Nathan Hale (colonel) Nathan Hale Williams Nathan W. Hale Sgt. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Nathan-hale-cityhall. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Nathan-hale-cityhall. ... Dancing Bacchante with an Infant Faun: fountain at the Boston Public Library Frederick William MacMonnies (September 28, 1863, Brooklyn Heights — March 22, 1937, New York City) was the best known expatriate American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school, as successful and lauded in France as he was in the United... ... is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1755 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1776 (disambiguation). ... Illustration depicting uniforms and weapons used during the 1779 to 1783 period of the American Revolution by showing four soldiers standing in an informal group General George Washington, was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army on June 15, 1775. ... This article is about military actions only. ... SPY may refer to: SPY (spiders), ticker symbol for Standard & Poors Depository Receipts SPY (magazine), a satirical monthly, trademarked all-caps SPY (Ivory Coast), airport code for San Pédro, Côte dIvoire SPY (Ship Planning Yard), a U.S. Navy acronym SPY, short for MOWAG SPY, a... Combatants United States Kingdom of Great Britain Commanders George Washington, Israel Putnam William Howe, Charles Cornwallis, Henry Clinton Strength 11,000-13,000 (about 10,000 of which were militia ) 22,000 (including 9,000 Hessians) Casualties 1,719 total (312 dead, 1,407 wounded, captured or missing) 377 total... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Lists of U.S. state insignia. ...

Background

Hale was born in Coventry, Connecticut in 1755. In 1768, when he was fourteen years old, he was sent with his brother Enoch to Yale University. The Hale brothers belonged to the Yale literary fraternity, Linonia, which debated topics in astronomy, mathematics, literature, and the ethics of slavery. Graduating with first-class honors in 1773, Nathan became a teacher, first in East Haddam and later in New London. After the Revolutionary War began in 1775, he joined a Connecticut militia and was elected first lieutenant. Coventry is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. ... Yale redirects here. ... Linonia was a literary and debating society founded in 1753 at Yale University. ... East Haddam is a town located in Middlesex County, Connecticut. ... Nickname: Motto: MARE LIBERUM Coordinates: , NECTA Norwich-New London Region Southeastern Connecticut Settled 1646 (Pequot Plantation) Named 1658 (New London) Incorporated (city) 1784 Government  - Type Council-manager  - City council Margaret Mary Curtin, Mayor Kevin J. Cavanagh, Dep. ... First Lieutenant is a military rank. ...

22 September 1776: Nathan Hale at the gallows.

When his militia unit participated in the Siege of Boston, Hale remained behind, but, on July 6, 1775, he joined the regular Continental Army's 7th Connecticut Regiment under Colonel Charles Webb of Stamford. He was promoted to captain and in March 1776, commanded a small unit of Lt. Col. Thomas Knowlton's Rangers defending New York City. They managed to rescue a ship full of provisions from the guard of a British man-of-war. Image File history File links Nathan_Hale_hanged_by_British_200px. ... Image File history File links Nathan_Hale_hanged_by_British_200px. ... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1776 (disambiguation). ... Combatants New England militia, Continental Army Great Britain Commanders Artemas Ward, George Washington Thomas Gage, William Howe Strength 17,000 The Siege of Boston (April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776) was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War, in which New England militiamen—and then the Continental Army—surrounded... is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1775 (MDCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Illustration depicting uniforms and weapons used during the 1779 to 1783 period of the American Revolution by showing four soldiers standing in an informal group General George Washington, was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army on June 15, 1775. ... The 7th Connecticut Regiment also known as 19th Continental Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776 at New Milford, Connecticut. ... Thomas Knowlton (1740–1776) was an American patriot who served in the French and Indian War and acted as a Colonel during the American Revolution. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... A Dutch man-of-war firing a salute. ...

Espionage

Nathan Hale appeared on US postage stamps issued in 1925 and 1929. Likeness is from statue by Bela Lyon Pratt.

During the Battle of Long Island in August and September 1776, which led to the American victory capture of New York City, via a flanking move from Staten Island across Long Island, Hale volunteered to go behind enemy lines to report on British troop movements. Image File history File links Nathan-Hale-stamp-1925-1929-trim. ... Image File history File links Nathan-Hale-stamp-1925-1929-trim. ... Statue of Nathaniel Hawthorne in Salem, Massachusetts. ... Combatants United States Kingdom of Great Britain Commanders George Washington, Israel Putnam William Howe, Charles Cornwallis, Henry Clinton Strength 11,000-13,000 (about 10,000 of which were militia ) 22,000 (including 9,000 Hessians) Casualties 1,719 total (312 dead, 1,407 wounded, captured or missing) 377 total... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the borough in New York City. ... This article is about the island in New York State. ...

During his mission, New York City (then the area at the southern tip of Manhattan around Wall Street) fell to British forces and Washington was forced to retreat to the island's northern tip in Harlem Heights (what is now Morningside Heights).^[3] On September 21, a quarter of the lower portion of Manhattan burned in the Great New York Fire of 1776. The fire was later widely thought to have been started by American saboteurs to keep the city from falling into British hands,^[4] though Washington and Congress had already rejected this idea. It has also been speculated that the fire was the work of British soldiers acting without orders, intending to punish and/or intimidate any remaining Patriots in the city -- with unintended consequences, however. In the fire's aftermath, more than 200 American partisans were rounded up by the British. Elaborate marble facade of NYSE as seen from the intersection of Broad and Wall Streets For other uses, see Wall Street (disambiguation). ... Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City and is bound by the Upper West Side, Morningside Park, Harlem, and Riverside Park (some now consider it part of the Upper West Side). ... is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Great Fire was a devastating fire that burned through the night of September 21 – September 22, 1776 on the west end of what then constituted New York City at the southern end of the island of Manhattan. ... John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence depicts the five-man drafting committee presenting the first draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress. ... Patriots (also known as Americans, Whigs, Congress-Men or Rebels) were colonists of the British Thirteen Colonies who rebelled against the British control during the American Revolution and declared themselves an independent nation, the United States of America in July 1776. ...

An account of Nathan Hale's capture was written by Consider Tiffany, a Connecticut shopkeeper and Loyalist, and obtained by the Library of Congress. In Tiffany's account, Major Robert Rogers of the Queen's Rangers met Hale in a tavern and saw through his disguise. After luring Hale into betraying himself by pretending to be a patriot himself, Rogers and his Rangers apprehended Hale near Flushing Bay, in Queens, New York.^[5]. Another story was that a Loyalist cousin of Hale's was the one who revealed his true identity. Construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building, from July 8, 1888 to May 15, 1894. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1st American Regiment was originally raised during the Seven Years War by Robert Rogers and were better known as Rogers Rangers. ... Flushing Bay, New York is a semienclosed body of water (a bay) located off the north shore of Long Island, near the neighborhood of Flushing, Queens, and immediately adjacent to New York Citys LaGuardia Airport and Rikers Island, site of one of New Yorks city jails. ... Queens is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States, and the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S. It is coterminous with Queens County in the State of New York and is located on western Long Island. ...

British General William Howe had his headquarters in the Beekman House in a rural part of Manhattan, on a rise between 50th and 51st Streets between First and Second Avenues^[6] Hale reportedly was questioned by Howe and physical evidence was found on him. Rogers provided information about the case. According to tradition, Hale spent the night in a greenhouse at the mansion. For the surrealist painter, see William Howe (painter). ...

According to the standards of the time, spies were hanged as illegal combatants. On 22 September 1776, Hale was marched along Post Road to the Park of Artillery, which was next to a public house called the Dove Tavern (at modern day 66th Street and Third Avenue), and hanged.^[7] He was 21 years old. The executioner was the former slave and loyalist Bill Richmond, who later became famous as an African American boxer in Europe.^[8] Spy and Secret agent redirect here. ... Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a cord wrapped around the neck, causing death. ... Unlawful combatant (also illegal combatant or unprivileged combatant) describes a person who engages in combat without meeting the requirements for a lawful belligerent according to the laws of war as specified in the Third Geneva Convention. ... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1776 (disambiguation). ... Third Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, running in that borough from East 4th Street north for over 120 blocks. ... Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: slave Slave may refer to: Slavery, where people are owned by others, and live to serve their owners without pay Slave (BDSM), a form of sexual and consenual submission Slave clock, in technology, a clock or timer that synchrnonizes to a master clock... Bill Richmond (1763 - December 28, 1829) was an American boxer, born a slave in Cuckolds Town (now Richmondtown), Staten Island, New York. ...

The speech

By all accounts, Hale comported himself eloquently before the hanging. Over the years, there has been some speculation as to whether he specifically uttered the famous line:

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

The story of Hale's famous speech began with John Montresor, a British soldier who witnessed the hanging. Soon after the execution, Montresor spoke with American officer William Hull about Hale's death. Later, it was Hull who widely publicized Hale's use of the phrase. Because Hull was not an eyewitness to Hale's speech, some historians have questioned the reliability of the account.^[7] John Montresor (22 April 1736 – 26 June 1799) was a British military engineer in North America. ... Portrait of William Hull William Hull (June 24, 1753–November 29, 1825) was an American soldier and politician. ...

If Hale did give the famous speech, it is most likely he was actually repeating a passage from Joseph Addison's play, Cato, an ideological inspiration to many Whigs: Joseph Addison, the Kit-cat portrait, circa 1703–1712, by Godfrey Kneller. ... Cato: A Tragedy is a 18th century dramatic play by Joseph Addison, published in 1713 and based upon the life of Cato the Younger. ... Patriots (also known as Americans, Whigs, Congress-Men or Rebels) were colonists of the British Thirteen Colonies who rebelled against the British control during the American Revolution and declared themselves an independent nation, the United States of America in July 1776. ...

How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
Who would not be that youth?  What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country.

No official records were kept of Hale's speech. However, Frederick MacKensie, a British officer, wrote this diary entry for the day:

He behaved with great composure and resolution, saying he thought it the duty of every good Officer, to obey any orders given him by his Commander-in-Chief; and desired the Spectators to be at all times prepared to meet death in whatever shape it might appear.

It is almost certain that Nathan Hale's last speech contained more than one sentence. Several early accounts mention different things he said. These are not necessarily contradictory; rather, together they give us an idea of what the speech must have been like. The following quotes are all taken from George Dudley Seymour's "Documentary Life of Nathan Hale", published in 1941 by the author.

From the diary of Enoch Hale, Nathan's brother, after he went to question people who had been present, October 26, 1776: "When at the Gallows he spoke & told them that he was a Capt in the Cont Army by name Nathan Hale."

From the Essex Journal, February 13, 1777: "However, at the gallows, he made a sensible and spirited speech; among other things, told them they were shedding the blood of the innocent, and that if he had ten thousand lives, he would lay them all down, if called to it, in defence of his injured, bleeding Country." is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1777 (MDCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...

From the Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser, May 17, 1781: "I am so satisfied with the cause in which I have engaged, that my only regret is, that I have not more lives than one to offer in its service." is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

From the memoirs of Captain William Hull, quoting British Captain John Montresor, who was present and who spoke to Hull under a flag of truce the next day: “’On the morning of his execution,’ continued the officer, ‘my station was near the fatal spot, and I requested the Provost Marshal [the infamous William Cunningham] to permit the prisoner to sit in my marquee, while he was making the necessary preparations. Captain Hale entered: he was calm, and bore himself with gentle dignity, in the consciousness of rectitude and high intentions. He asked for writing materials, which I furnished him: he wrote two letters, one to his mother and one to a brother officer.’ He was shortly after summoned to the gallows. But a few persons were around him, yet his characteristic dying words were remembered. He said, ‘I only regret, that I have but one life to lose for my country.’” Portrait of William Hull William Hull (June 24, 1753–November 29, 1825) was an American soldier and politician. ...

William Hull, the only source for Hale's famous speech, is better known as the brigadier general who later surrendered the entire U.S. northwestern army to the British during the War of 1812. Portrait of William Hull William Hull (June 24, 1753–November 29, 1825) was an American soldier and politician. ... This article is about the U.S. – U.K. war. ...

Two early ballads also attempt to recreate Hale’s last speech. They are probably more imaginative than accurate, but are included here for completeness:

From Songs and Ballads of the Revolution, collected by F. Moore (1855), "Ballad of Nathan Hale" (anonymous), dated 1776: "’Thou pale king of terrors, thou life’s gloomy foe, Go frighten the slave; go frighten the slave; Tell tyrants, to you their allegiance they owe. No fears for the brave; no fears for the brave.’"

From "To the Memory of Capt. Nathan Hale" by Eneas Munson, Sr. written "soon after" Hale’s death:

"’Hate of oppression’s arbitrary plan, The love of freedom, and the rights of man; A strong desire to save from slavery’s chain The future millions of the western main, And hand down safe, from men’s invention cleared, The sacred truths which all the just revered; For ends like these, I wish to draw my breath,’ He bravely cried, ‘or dare encounter death.’ And when a cruel wretch pronounced his doom, Replied, ‘Tis well, --for all is peace to come; The sacred cause for which I drew my sword Shall yet prevail, and peace shall be restored. I’ve served with zeal the land that gave me birth, Fulfilled my course, and done my work on earth; Have ever aimed to tread that shining road That leads a mortal to the blessed God. I die resigned, and quit life’s empty stage, For brighter worlds my every wish engage; And while my body slumbers in the dust, My soul shall join the assemblies of the just.’”

Munson had tutored Hale before college, and knew him and his family well, so even though the particulars of this speech may be unlikely, Munson knew first hand what Hale’s opinions were.

Estimations of Hale

"Hale is in the American pantheon not because of what he did but because of why he did it," noted former CIA chief Richard Helms. Richard Helms, Director of Central Intelligence, 1966-1973 Richard McGarrah Helms (March 30, 1913 – October 23, 2002) was the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1966 to 1973. ...

"And because that boy said those words, and because he died, thousands of other young men have given their lives to his country," noted Edward Everett Hale, great-nephew of Nathan Hale, at the dedication of the Hale statue in New York, 1893. Statue of Edward Everett Hale in Boston Public Garden, by Bela Pratt. ... This article is about the state. ...

Hanging site(s)

Besides the site at 66th and Third, there are two other sites in Manhattan that claim to be the hanging site: For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ...

A statue designed by Frederick William Macmonnies was erected in 1890 City Hall Park at what was claimed to be the site; (No authentic likeness exists and the statue established Hale's idealized square-jawed image);

A plaque erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) hangs on the Yale Club at 44th and Vanderbilt by Grand Central Terminal saying the event occurred there.

Nathan Hale's body has never been found. An empty grave cenotaph was erected by his family in Nathan Hale Cemetery in South Coventry, Connecticut.^[9] Dancing Bacchante with an Infant Faun: fountain at the Boston Public Library Frederick William Macmonnies (Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn September 28, 1863 - New York March 22,1937) was the best known expatriate American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school, as successful and lauded in France as he was in the United... ... The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a lineage membership organization[1] dedicated to promoting historic preservation, education, and patriotism. ... The Yale Club of New York City, commonly called the Yale Club, is a prominent private club in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Its membership is restricted almost entirely to alumni and faculty of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. ... Vanderbilt Avenue is a short street in Manhattan, New York. ... The main concourse Grand Central Terminal (GCT, often unofficially called Grand Central Station) is a terminal rail station at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue (42nd Street and Park Avenue) in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. ... The Cenotaph, London A ceremony at the Cenotaph, London, on Sunday 12th June 2005, remembering Irish war dead Memorial Cenotaph, Hiroshima, Japan A cenotaph is a tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of persons whose remains are elsewhere. ... South Coventry is a census-designated place and part of the town of Coventry, Connecticut located in Tolland County, Connecticut. ...

Statues and appearance

Nathan Hale statue by Bela Lyon Pratt at Chicago Tribune Tower.

Statues of Nathan Hale are based on idealized prototypes: no contemporaneous portraits of him have been found.^[9] Documents and letters reveal Hale was an informed, practical, detail-oriented man who planned ahead.^[9] Of his appearance and demeanor, fellow soldier Elisha Bostwick wrote that Nathan Hale had blue eyes, flaxen blond hair, darker eyebrows, and stood slightly taller than average height (of the time), with mental powers of a sedate mind and pious; Lieutenant Elisha Bostwick wrote:^[9][10] Image File history File links Nathan-Hale-statue-Chicago-Tribune-Tower-figure. ... Image File history File links Nathan-Hale-statue-Chicago-Tribune-Tower-figure. ... Statue of Nathaniel Hawthorne in Salem, Massachusetts. ... The Gothic Tribune Tower in Chicago. ...

"... I can now in imagination see his person & hear his voice- his person I should say was a little above the common stature in height, his shoulders of a moderate breadth, his limbs strait & very plump: regular features— very fair skin— blue eyes— flaxen or very light hair which was always kept short— his eyebrows a shade darker than his hair & his voice rather sharp or piercing— his bodily agility was remarkable. I have seen him follow a football & kick it over the tops of the trees in the Bowery at New York, (an exercise which he was fond of)— his mental powers seemed to be above the common sort— his mind of a sedate and sober cast, & he was undoubtedly Pious; for it was remark’d that when any of the soldiers of his company were sick he always visited them & usually Prayed for & with them in their sickness."^[10]

Hale has been honored with two particularly famous standing images:

• A statue designed by Frederick William MacMonnies was erected in 1890 at City Hall Park, New York. The statue established Hale's modern idealized square-jawed image.

• A statue of Hale, sculpted 1908-12 by Bela Lyon Pratt, was cast in 1912 and stands in front of Connecticut Hall where he resided while at Yale. Copies of this sculpture stand at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts; the Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry; the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.; Tribune Tower in Chicago; and at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, Langley, Virginia.

There is also a memorial for him located in Huntington, New York where he landed for his fatal spying mission. He was captured soon afterwards in New York City by the British and executed in September 1776. Dancing Bacchante with an Infant Faun: fountain at the Boston Public Library Frederick William Macmonnies (Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn September 28, 1863 - New York March 22,1937) was the best known expatriate American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school, as successful and lauded in France as he was in the United... Statue of Nathaniel Hawthorne in Salem, Massachusetts. ... Connecticut Hall Connecticut Hall on the right and McCellan Hall, built in 1925 as a replica of Connecticut Hall, on the left. ... YALE (Yet Another Learning Environment) is an environment for machine learning experiments and data mining. ... Phillips Academy (also known as Phillips Andover or simply P.A. or Andover) is a co-educational University preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9-12. ... This article is about the Massachusetts town. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... The Tribune Tower is a Gothic building located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... “CIA” redirects here. ... For the hamlet within the Town of Huntington, see Huntington (CDP), New York. ...

Legacy and influence

The life of Nathan Hale has had an enduring influence over the past centuries:

• The United States Navy submarine USS Nathan Hale (SSBN-623) was named in his honor.
• In 1991, a piece for a band called The Nathan Hale Trilogy was written in honor of Hale by James Curnow.
• Hale was the uncle of orator and statesman Edward Everett (the other speaker at Gettysburg) and the grand-uncle of Edward Everett Hale (quoted above), a Unitarian minister, writer, and activist noted for social causes including abolitionism.
• Nathan Hale, a teacher by profession, is honored by a number of namesake schools:
  • Captain Nathan Hale Middle School in Coventry, Connecticut (his birthplace);
  • Nathan Hale-Ray High School and Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School in East Haddam, Connecticut (where he was schoolmaster);
  • Nathan Hale Middle School in Norwalk, Connecticut (departure point for his final mission);
  • Nathan Hale High School http://www.seattleschools.org/schools/hale/ in Seattle, Washington;
  • Nathan Hale Middle School inNorthvale,New Jersey
  • Nathan Hale Middle School in Omaha, Nebraska;
  • Nathan Hale Middle School in Cleveland, Ohio
  • Nathan Hale Elementary and Middle Schools in Crestwood, Illinois [1]
  • Nathan Hale Elementary Schools in:
    • New London, Connecticut (where he was schoolmaster); Meriden, Connecticut;
    • Whiting, Indiana; Schaumburg, Illinois; and Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Lansing, Illinois
  • Nathan Hale High Schools in:
    • West Allis, Wisconsin; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Seattle, Washington.
• The Nathan Hale Ancient Fife and Drum Corps from Coventry, Connecticut, is named after him and includes a division known as Knowlton's Connecticut Rangers.
• The protagonist of the first-person shooter video game Resistance: Fall of Man (2006) for PlayStation 3 is named Sergeant Nathan Hale. An interview revealed he was intended to be a descendant, although it was never touched upon in the game.
• A little known, Revolutionary War era song was written in his honor, Hale in the Bush.
• The hamlet of Halesite (formerly Huntington Harbor) in Suffolk County, Long Island, is named after Hale. There is a memorial plaque set into a large boulder, which was removed from the beach nearby where Hale is thought to have landed on his fateful mission.

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Notes

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External links

• Mobed, Desiree; Mary Beth Baker. Official Nathan Hale Website. Antiquarian & Landmarks Society.

• Ortner, Mary J. (2001). Captain Nathan Hale (1755 - 1776). The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

• Hutson, James. Nathan Hale Revisited. Information Bulletin: July/August 2003. Library of Congress. “[A newly discovered] account of the capture of Nathan Hale fits the facts as we know them so well that one is tempted to accept it as being substantially true.”

• Nathan Hale, American Patriot. U-S-History.com.

• The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

• The Nathan Hale Ancient Fifes & Drums

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References

• Rose, Alexander. Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring. Random House, New York, New York, 2006. ISBN 0-553-80421-9.

v • d • e New York in the American Revolutionary War

Pre-war: Sons of Liberty 1775: Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – Invasion of Canada 1776: New York and New Jersey campaign – Battle of Long Island – New York Prison Ships Begin – Landing at Kip's Bay – Battle of Harlem Heights – Great Fire of New York – Execution of Nathan Hale – Battle of Valcour Island – Battle of Pell's Point – Battle of White Plains – Battle of Fort Washington 1777: Meigs Raid – Saratoga campaign – Battle of Ticonderoga – Battle of Hubbardton – Battle of Fort Ann – Battle of Oriskany – Battle of Saratoga – Battle of Freeman's Farm – Battle of Bemis Heights 1778: Setauket Spy Ring Launched – Battle of Cobleskill – West Point established – Cherry Valley massacre 1779: Battle of Stony Point – Sullivan Expedition – Battle of Newtown 1780: First Purple Heart – André Capture Reveals Traitor Benedict Arnold 1781: HMS Culloden Runs Aground at Montauk – Washington Calls Off Invasion of New York to Support Yorktown 1782: Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh – Newburgh letter – 1783: Newburgh conspiracy – British Evacuate New York – Washington's Farewell to His Officers