...The letters which he wrote to his friends on the morning of his execution were destroyed, and this extraordinary reason given by the provost marshal! : " That the rebels should not know that they had a man rn their army who could die with so much firmness." " Unknown to all around him,...

...execution, were destroyed ; the provost marshal assigning this extraordinary reason for that outrage, " that the rebels should not know they had a man in their armyi who could die with so muqh firmness." Captain Nathan Hale united in liis character the soldier,...

...letters he had written to his mother and other relations were destroyed ; the provost Marshall declaring "the rebels should not know they had a man in their army who could die with so much firmness." — Arnold was made a Brigadier General in the British service. January, 1781. A mutiny, the consequences...

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...not procured, though he requested it. Letters, which on the morning of his execution, he wrote to his mother, and other friends, were destroyed ; and this very extraordinary reason given by the proToct marshal, ' that the rebels should not know that they had a man in their army, who could die...

...procured, although he requested it. Letters, which, on the morning of his execution, he wrote to his mother and other friends, were destroyed ; and this...marshal, "that the rebels should not know they had a mau in their army who could die with so much firmness." Unknown to all around him, without a single...

...wfiich, on the morning of his execution, he wrote to bis mother and other friends, were destroycd ; and this very extraordinary reason given by the provost...marshal, '-that the rebels should not know they had a mail in their army who could die with so much firmness." Unknown to all around him, without a single...

...not procured, though he requested it. Letters, which on the morning of his execution, he wrote to his mother, and other friends, were destroyed ; and this...provost marshal, * that the rebels should not know that they had a man in their army who could die with so much firmness.' " Unknown to all around him,...

...not procured, though he requested it. Letters, which on the morning of his execution, he wrote to his mother, and other friends, were destroyed ; and this...provost marshal, ' that the rebels should not know that they had a man in their army who could die with so much firmness.' '' Unknown to all around him,...

...very extraordinary reason given by the provost marshal,' that the rebels should not know that they bad a man in their army who could die with so much firmness.' " Sir William Howe at once gave an order to the provost marshal to execute him the next morning. "...