{"id":690,"date":"2011-03-04T05:48:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T12:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/?p=690"},"modified":"2011-02-28T22:49:54","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T05:49:54","slug":"the-martyrdom-of-nathan-hale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/the-martyrdom-of-nathan-hale","title":{"rendered":"The Martyrdom of Nathan Hale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s puzzle is taken from documents that detail the hanging of Nathan Hale.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\">            <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n                table.cf7-db-table {\r\n                    margin-top: 1em;\r\n                    border-spacing: 0;\r\n                    border: 0 solid gray;\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                br {\r\n                                        mso-data-placement: same-cell;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table th {\r\n                    padding: 5px;\r\n                    border: 1px solid gray;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table th > td {\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                    background-color: #E8E8E8;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table tbody td {\r\n                    padding: 5px;\r\n                    border: 1px solid gray;\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table tbody td > div {\r\n                    max-height: 100px;\r\n                    overflow: auto;\r\n                }\r\n            <\/style>\r\n            \r\n        <table id=\"cftble_1991611051\" class=\"cf7-db-table\" >\r\n            <thead>\r\n                        <tr>\r\n            <th title=\"puzzle-solver\"><div id=\"Contact form 1,puzzle-solver\">puzzle-solver<\/div><\/th>            <\/tr>\r\n                        <\/thead>\r\n            <tbody>\r\n                            <tr>\r\n                <td title=\"puzzle-solver\"><div id=\"1299249864.0000,puzzle-solver\">Matthew<\/div><\/td><\/tr>                <tr>\r\n                <td title=\"puzzle-solver\"><div id=\"1298958431.0000,puzzle-solver\">Amalie<\/div><\/td><\/tr>            <\/tbody>\r\n        <\/table>\r\n        <\/td>\n<td>If you have a problem with the flash working for you, you may wish to use the <a href=\"http:\/\/wwtft.com\/puzzles\/hale\/hale.png\">static version<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you succeed in doing the puzzle, we&#8217;ve implemented a way for you to get credit for your efforts! 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That he had procured sketches of the  fortifications, and made memoranda of their number and different  positions. When apprehended, he was taken before Sir William Howe, and  these papers, found concealed about his person, betrayed his intentions.  He at once declared his name, rank in the American army, and his object  in coming within the British lines.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nSir  William Howe, without the form of a trial, gave orders for his  execution the following morning. He was placed in the custody of the  Provost Marshal, who was a refugee and hardened to human suffering and  every softening sentiment of the heart. Captain Hale, alone, without  sympathy or support, save that from above, on the near approach of death  asked for a clergyman to attend him. It was refused. He then requested a  Bible; that too was refused by his inhuman jailer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;On  the morning of his execution,&#8217; continued the officer, &#8216;my station was  near the fatal spot, and I requested the Provost Marshal to permit the  prisoner to sit in my marquee, while he was making the necessary  preparations. Captain Hale entered: he was calm, and bore himself with  gentle dignity, in the consciousness of rectitude and high intentions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He  asked for writing materials, which I furnished him: he wrote two  letters, one to his mother and one to a brother officer.&#8217; He was shortly  after summoned to the gallows. But a few persons were around him, yet  his, characteristic dying words were remembered. He said, &#8216;I only regret  that I have but one life to lose for my country.'&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><small><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0785814639?tag=founders-20&amp;camp=213381&amp;creative=390973&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=0785814639&amp;adid=1A19NAE1GXSSHCR8VRM1&amp;\">Spirit of 1776<\/a> by Henry Steele Commager and Richard B. Morris<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan Hale might not have been much of spy, with regard to his trade craft, but he became an American martyr for his brave comportment at his death.  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