HAI.E. 467 HALE. East Haddam from October, 1773, to March, 1774, and afterwards at New London until soon after the outbreak of the Kevohitionavy War, when (July 1, 1775) he became tirst lieutenant in a Connecticut regiment, eomnianJed by Charles Webb. For a short time he was engaged on re- cruiting duty at Xew London, then served at the siege of Boston, and on September 1st became a captain-lieutenant. On January 1, 1770, he was formally commissioned a captain in the regular Continental service. In JIareh. 1770, he started with Heath's brigade for Xew York, where soon afterwards (according to a doubtful tradition) he, with several picked men, captured by night a British provision sloop protected by the man-of- war Asia. While in the vicinity of Xew York he served as a member of a small harassing body known as Knowlton's Rangers. Early in September he volunteered to visit Long Island and Xew York, to secure some much-needed in- formation concerning the enemy. Entering the British lines disguised as a Dutch school-teacher, he obtained the desired information, and was about to return, when, on the night of September 21st, he was recognized and captured. On the following morning he was hung as a spy, having previously, it is said, been denied the use of a Bible, or a visit from a minister, and having had the letters which he had written to his mother and his fiancee destroyed before his eyes. His last words were: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." There are statues of Hale in Hartford, Conn., and in City Hall Park, X'ew York, the former by Gerhardt and the latter by Jfacmonnies. The best biog- raphy is that by Johnston (X^ew York, 1901). Consult, also: Lossing, The Two Spies. Nathan Unle and John .indrc (Xew Y'ork, 1880) ; Brown, Sathan Hale, the Martyr Spy (New York, 1890) ; and Hollowav. Nathan Hale, the Martyr Hero (New York, "1899). HALE, Nathan (1784-1863). An American journalist, the nephew of X^athan Hale the pa- triot, and the father of the Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale. He was born at Westhampton. Mass.; graduated at Williams College in 1804, studied law, and in 1810 was admitted to the bar in Boston. In 1814, with Henry D. Sedg- wick, he begaft to edit the Weekly Messenger. In the same year Hale also bought the Boston Daily Advertiser, the first daily journal in New Eng- land. The .idrerti.<!er was originally Federalist in politics, and w'hen that party went out of existence 7iaturally gave its support first to the Whig and then to the Republican Party. Hale opposed the Missouri Compromise in 1820. and the Kansas-Xebraska Bill in 1854. and was a vigorous advocate of the colonization of Kansas by 'Free State' settlers. For many years he was a member of the State Legislature. He was one of the founders of the Xorth American Review (1815) and of the Chri.^tian Examiner (182.3). HALE, Philip (1854—). An American music critic. He was bom at Xorwich, Vt.. and from childhood was remarkable for his musical talent. He graduated at Yale in 1870, and was admitted to the bar at Albany in 1880. After his gi'adua- tion his musical studies kept pace with his read- ing in law. Dudley Buck being his teacher. He was in Eurojic from 1882 to 1887. during which period he studied the organ with Haupt, Eaiszt, Rheinberger, and Gnilmant; composition with Crban, Bargiel, Rheinberger, and Guilmant; and the ))ianoforte with Raif and Seholz. Returning lo the United States, he held the following ap- pointments: 1879-82, organist of Saint Peter's, Albany: 1887-89, at Saint John's, Troy; 1889, of First Religious Society of Roxbury, Mass. ; and 1887-89. conductor of the Schubert Male Chorus Club. From 1889 to 1897 he wrote musi- cal criticisms for the Boston press, :ifter which period he was the editor of the .Mnsical Record of Boston, and a contributor to home and foreign musical imirnals. In 1901 he became editor of the .Musiciil World of Boston. HALE, Salma (1787-180G). An American historian and politician, born in Alstead, Cheshire Co., X'^. H. He learned printing in the ollice of a paper in Walpole, N. H., and at the age of eigh- teen became editor of the Walpole Political Ob- scrratory. In 181.3 he moved to the neighboring town of Keene, where he studied law, but was not admitted to the bar until 1834. He was elected to Congress as a Republican (Democrat) in 1816, but declined a reelection. During the following years he held several local political offices, and was secretary to the Boundary Commission ap- pointed to determine the northeastern frontier of the L^nited States. He interested himself in the causes of temperance, education, abolition, and I'nitarianism, and while in Congre.ss opposed the Missouri Compromise. His works include: A 77 isfon/ of the United States for Schools (1838), which won a .$400 prize and gold medal oflfcred by the American Academy of Belles Lettres of Xew York; The .innals of the Town of Keene (1826) ; a number of other books, orations, and articles in newspapers and periodicals, as well as one or two translations. HALE, Sakah Jo-SEPHA (Buei.l) (1790-1879). An American editor and author, born in X'ewport, N. H. After the death of her husband in 1822, she turned to literature, and throughout the rest of her life was constantly engaged in writing and editing. She took charge of the Boston Ladies' Mnfja^ine in 1828. and conducted Godey's Lady's Brjolc after its consolidation with the former in 1837. She advocated the soci.al and intellectual advancement of women, and is said first to have suggested Thanksgiving Day as a national holi- day. She was also active in raising money to complete the Bunker Hill Monument. She pub- lished many volumes of poems, some of which had great contemporary popularity, and edited sev- eral anthologies. She is said to have written the well-knoAvn "Mary Had a Little Lamb" for Dr. Lowell Mason in i830, and published: Xorth- irood (1827): SI;etchcs of .imerican Character (1833) ; Trails of American Life (1835) : Gros- renor: A Tragedy (1838J; Alice Hay: A Ro- mance in Rhtime (1846) ; The Judge: .1 Drama of American Life; Woman's Record, or Sketches of Distingvi.'ihed Women from the Creation to the Present Day (1853) ; The Letters of Madame de Sevignf (1856) ; The Letters of Lady Mary Worthy Montagu (1856). HALE, William G.RnNEB (1849—). An eminent American Latinist, born in Savannah. Ga. He graduated from Harvard in 1870, and studied at the universities of Leipzig and Giit- tingen. He served as tutor in Latin at Harvard from 1877 to 1880. In the latter year he was appointed professor of Latin at Cornell, and in 1892 accepted a similar appointment at the head
