Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
An empty grave cenotaph was erected by his family in Nathan Hale Cemetery in South Coventry, Connecticut.
An account of Nathan Hale's capture was written by Consider Tiffany, a Connecticut shopkeeper and Loyalist, and obtained by the Library of Congress.
The following quotes are all taken from George Dudley Seymour's Documentary Life of Nathan Hale, published in 1941 by the author.