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Browsing named entities in a specific section of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). Search the whole document.
Found 35 total hits in 18 results.
Capitol (Utah, United States) (search for this): entry hale-nathan
Coventry (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry hale-nathan
Hale, Nathan 1755-
Patriot; born in Coventry, Conn., June 6, 1755; graduated at Yale College in 1773; and taught school till the fight in Lexington prompted him
The Hale Homestead. to join Col. Charles Webb's regiment.
He took part in the siege of Boston; was promoted to captain in January, 1776; and was sent to New York.
In response to a call from Washington he volunteered to enter the British lines and procure needed information.
At the house of Robert Murray, on the Incleberg (now Murray Hill, in the city of New York), where Washington had his headquarters for a brief time while retreating towards Harlem Heights, Hale received instructions on duty from the commander-in-chief.
He entered the British camp on Long Island as a plain young farmer, and made sketches and notes unsuspected.
A Tory kinsman knew and betrayed him. He was taken to Howe's headquarters at the Beekman mansion, and confined in the green-house all night.
He frankly avowed his name, rank, and character
Harlem Heights (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry hale-nathan
Hartford (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry hale-nathan
Long Island City (New York, United States) (search for this): entry hale-nathan
New York (New York, United States) (search for this): entry hale-nathan
Charles Webb (search for this): entry hale-nathan
Hale, Nathan 1755-
Patriot; born in Coventry, Conn., June 6, 1755; graduated at Yale College in 1773; and taught school till the fight in Lexington prompted him
The Hale Homestead. to join Col. Charles Webb's regiment.
He took part in the siege of Boston; was promoted to captain in January, 1776; and was sent to New York.
In response to a call from Washington he volunteered to enter the British lines and procure needed information.
At the house of Robert Murray, on the Incleberg (now Murray Hill, in the city of New York), where Washington had his headquarters for a brief time while retreating towards Harlem Heights, Hale received instructions on duty from the commander-in-chief.
He entered the British camp on Long Island as a plain young farmer, and made sketches and notes unsuspected.
A Tory kinsman knew and betrayed him. He was taken to Howe's headquarters at the Beekman mansion, and confined in the green-house all night.
He frankly avowed his name, rank, and character
William Howe (search for this): entry hale-nathan
Robert Murray (search for this): entry hale-nathan
Hale, Nathan 1755-
Patriot; born in Coventry, Conn., June 6, 1755; graduated at Yale College in 1773; and taught school till the fight in Lexington prompted him
The Hale Homestead. to join Col. Charles Webb's regiment.
He took part in the siege of Boston; was promoted to captain in January, 1776; and was sent to New York.
In response to a call from Washington he volunteered to enter the British lines and procure needed information.
At the house of Robert Murray, on the Incleberg (now Murray Hill, in the city of New York), where Washington had his headquarters for a brief time while retreating towards Harlem Heights, Hale received instructions on duty from the commander-in-chief.
He entered the British camp on Long Island as a plain young farmer, and made sketches and notes unsuspected.
A Tory kinsman knew and betrayed him. He was taken to Howe's headquarters at the Beekman mansion, and confined in the green-house all night.
He frankly avowed his name, rank, and character
G. I. Cunningham (search for this): entry hale-nathan