# The Two Spies: Nathan Hale and John André

Author: Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891; Seward, Anna, 1742-1809 [Contributor]; Rosa, H. [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63119

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Two+Spies%3A+Nathan+Hale+and+John+Andr%C3%A9+Lossing&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In a picturesque region of Tolland County, Connecticut, twenty miles eastward of Hartford, situated upon an eminence which commands a beautiful and extensive prospect westward toward the State capital, there once stood, and perhaps now stands, a pleasant farm-house, built of wood, and two stories in height.[1] In that house, on the 6th of June, 1755, a child was born whose name appears conspicuous in our national history. It was a boy, and one of twelve children, whose father, Richard Hale, had emigrated in early life from Newberry, in Massachusetts, to Coventry, and there married Elizabeth Strong, a charming maiden eighteen years of age. He was a descendant of Robert Hale, or Hales, who...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/19/index.md)
- [LETTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/10/index.md)
- [LETTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/21/index.md)
- [LETTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CANTO III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CANTO I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CANTO II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-spies-nathan-hale-and-john-andre-63119/chapters/1/index.md)