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Once Upon A Time In Connecticut By Caroline Clifford Newton Acknowledgments Introduction

Charles M. Andrews. Contents Illustrations Once Upon A Time In Connecticut The House Of Hope And The Charter Oak

References Two Indian Warriors

References A Harbor For Ships

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Three Judges

References The Fort On The River

References The Frogs Of Windham

References Old Wolf Putnam

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The Bullet-makers Of Litchfield

References Newgate Prison

Gentlemen: George Washington.

References The Dark Day

An Old Connecticutt Inn, 1790]

Whittier. References A French Camp In Connecticut

References Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale Capture And Death Of Nathan Hale

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An ominous owl with his solemn bass voice,
Sat moaning hard by; sat moaning hard by.
"The tyrant's proud minions most gladly rejoice,
For he must soon die; for he must soon die."The brave fellow told them, no thing he restrain'd,
The cruel gen'ral; the cruel gen'ral;
His errand from camp, of the ends to be gain'd,
And said that was all; and said that was all.They took him and bound him and bore him away,
Down the hill's grassy side; down the hill's grassy side.
'Twas there the base hirelings in royal array,
His cause did deride; his cause did deride.Five minutes were given, short moments, no more,
For him to repent; for him to repent;
He pray'd for his mother, he ask'd not another;
To Heaven he went; to Heaven he went.The faith of a martyr, the tragedy shew'd,
As he trod the last stage; as he trod the last stage.
And Britons will shudder at gallant Hale's blood,
As his words do presage; as his words do presage."Thou pale king of terrors, thon life's gloomy foe,
Go frighten the slave; go frighten the slave;
Tell tyrants, to you, their allegiance they owe.
No fears for the brave; no fears for the brave."

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1. Johnston, Henry Phelps. Nathan Hale, 1776--Biography and Memorials. Yale University Press. New Haven, 1914.

2. Stuart, I. W. Life of Captain Nathan Hale, the Martyr Spy of the American Revolution, F. A. Brown. Hartford, 1856.

3. Hull, General William. Military and Civil Life. D. Appleton & Co. New York, 1848.

4. Hale, Enoch. Diary. (In Appendix to an address delivered at Groton, Connecticut, September 7, 1881, by E. E. Hale.)

5. Hempstead, Stephen. "Recollections." Missouri Republican, January 18, 1827.

6. Bostwick, Elisha. Pension Papers, in Hartford Courant, December 15, 1914.