Hale, Nathan, childhood and youth of--personal appearance and vigor of--enters Yale College, 4; Dr. E. Munson's recollections of, 5; letter of, to Dr. Munson, 6 (_note_); a school-teacher at East Haddam and New London, 7; patriotism of, aroused--speech of, 8; a volunteer soldier at the siege of Boston--patriotism displayed--commissioned captain--daring feat of, at New York, 9; generosity of--in the battle of Long Island and the retreat--illness of, 10; volunteers for the secret service, and resists the dissuasions of his friends--ideas of, concerning secret service, 14, 15; receives instructions from Washington--departure of, on secret service, 15; goes to Long Island and enters the British camps in disguise--methods of, as a spy, 16; arrest of, 17; character of, discovered, 18; at General Howe's headquarters at the Beekman mansion--confined in a greenhouse, 19; interview of, with General Howe, 20; treatment of, by Cunningham, 21, 22; last words of, 23; place of execution of, 23 (_note_); execution of--sympathy for--neglect of memory of, 24; memorials of, 25; monument erected in memory of, 27, 28; poem written concerning, 27-31; and André compared, 31; proposed monument in memory of, at New York--statue of, contemplated, 33; epitaph for tomb of, 34; monument to, proposed, 111, 113, 114. Hale, Richard and Elizabeth, parents of Nathan Hale, 3. Hayley, Thomas, an English poet, 38. Hamilton, Alexander, 73, 93, 96, 100, 102. Harrison, Richard, 73 (_note_). Hempstead, Stephen, 15. Hillhouse, James, a classmate with Hale, 7. Howe, General William, succeeded by Sir Henry Clinton, 46; _fête_ given in honor of, 46-59; estimate of the character of, 59. Hull, Lieutenant William, and Nathan Hale, 14. Huntington, Rev. Dr., fits Hale for college, 4. Husted, General James, marshal at the dedication of the monument at Tarrytown, 121. Husted, Dr. Nathaniel C., author of a "Memorial Souvenir," 121. I Irvines, the two, 71 (_note_). J Jameson, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Major André, 90. Johnson, Jeremiah, concerning the place of Hale's execution, 23. K Knowlton, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Nathan Hale, 13; death of, 16 (_note_). L Lafayette with Washington at West Point, 93. Laurance, John, Judge Advocate-General, 100. Lawrence, William, 21 (_note_). Lee, Charles, and Colonel Hamilton, 73 (_note_). Lee, Henry ("Legion Harry"), 67. Lee, James, marks the spot where André was executed, 108, 110; statue of Washington in New York, 108 (_note_). Lionian Society of Yale College, 29. Livingston, Susannah, 77 (_note_). M