The Two Spies: Nathan Hale and John AndréLossing, Benson John
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The Two Spies: Nathan Hale and John André
Lossing, Benson John
André, John, 1751-1780; Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776
Memorial-stone near Tappaan, unveiling of the, 113;
description of, and inscription upon the, 115;
what the stone commemorates, 116, 117;
attempts to destroy the, 117-119.
Military execution, method of, 23 (_note_).
Mischianza, the, description of, by Major André, 46-58;
criticism of the, 59;
the, deplored, 60.
Monmouth, battle of, 60.
Munson, Dr. Eneas, relates his personal recollections of
Nathan Hale, 5.
Monody on Major André, 135.
Murray, Robert, Washington at house of, 12.
N
Neutral ground, the, and its inhabitants, 85.
New York City, great conflagration at, 20.
O
O'Donovan, sculptor, author of a statue at Tarry town, 121.
P
Paulding, John, a captor of André, 85-89.
Philadelphia, British army in, and its demoralization, 45;
flight of British from--American troops and Congress enter, 60.
R
Raymond, Henry J., oration of, at Tarrytown, 31-33.
Reed, General Joseph, and General Arnold, 63.
Ripley, Eleazar, 21 (_note_).
Robertson, General, and General Greene at Dobb's Ferry--bears a letter
from Arnold to Washington, 101.
Robinson, Beverly, letter of, 64;
and André and Arnold, 79;
with André on the _Vulture_, 81;
letter of, to Washington, 95.
S
Samson, Ezra, 7.
Seward, Anna, literary friends of, 38;
biographical sketch of, 125;
Major André's letters to, 152.
Seward, Rev. Thomas, father of Anna Seward, 38.
Smith, J.H., and Arnold and André, 82-84.
Sneyd, Honora, betrothed to André, 40;
marries Richard Lovell Edgeworth, and death of, 41.
Sparks, Dr., on André, 64.
Spies, character of, defined, iii.
Sprague, Rev. W.B., 68.
Stanley, Rev. Arthur Penrhyn, Dean of Westminster, visits the place of
André's execution, 110;
writes an inscription for a memorial-stone placed on the spot--letter
to Mr. Whittemore concerning the inscription, 112;
inscription by, 115.
Stuart's biography of Hale, 28.
T
Tallmadge, Benjamin, and Nathan Hale, at college, 7;
pronounces André a spy, 90;
custodian of and frank conversation with André, 98.
Tappaan, allusion to, in "The Cow-Chase," 69;
André taken to, 99;
André executed near, 103;
memorial-stone near, erected by Mr. Field, 113;
indignation meeting at, 119.
Tarrytown, monument at, 119-121.
Thacher, Dr., on André's execution, 105, 106.
Tilden, Samuel J., presides at the dedication of a monument at
Tarrytown, 121.
U
Union Grammar-School at New London taught by Hale, 7.
V
Van Wart, Isaac, a captor of André, 85-87.
_Vulture_, the, sloop-of-war, bears André up the Hudson River, 81.
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