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Rh but one life to lose for my country.&rdquo; A little fort, built during the war of 1812 on Black Rock, at the entrance of New Haven harbor, was named Fort Hale in his honor, and a granite memorial was erected at Coventry in 1846. The illustration represents Karl Gerhardt's bronze statue, which was placed in the capitol at Hartford on 14 June, 1887. An address presenting the statue to the state was made by Charles Dudley Warner, and responded to by Gov. Phineas C. Lounsbury. The Society of the Sons of the Revolution have at present (1887) undertaken the raising of funds for the purpose of erecting a statue to Capt. Hale's memory in Central park. The manuscript of one of his college orations is preserved by the Linonian society at Yale. President Timothy Dwight, the elder, who was his tutor when at Yale, has commemorated his career in verse. See also &ldquo;Life of Captain Nathan Hale, the Martyr Spy of the American Revolution,&rdquo; by Isaac W. Stuart (Hartford, 1856), and &ldquo;The Two Spies, Nathan Hale and John André,&rdquo; by Benson J. Lossing (New York, 1886). &mdash; Nathan's nephew Nathan, journalist, b. in Westhampton, Mass., 16 Aug., 1784; d. in Brookline, Mass., 9 Feb., 1863, was graduated at Williams in 1804, was two years a tutor in Phillips Exeter academy, and, removing to Boston, was admitted to the bar in 1810. For four years he followed his profession, and then, with Henry D. Sedgwick, became editor of the &ldquo;Boston Weekly Messenger,&rdquo; the first weekly periodical devoted to literature and politics that was established in the United States. In March, 1814 he purchased the &ldquo;Boston Daily Advertiser,&rdquo; the first daily in New England, and for many years the only one, and continued its chief editor until his death. In politics this journal was first Federalist, then Whig, and finally Republican, and its influence became very great. It opposed the Missouri bill in 1820 and the Nebraska bill in 1854, and was the first paper to recommend the free colonization of Kansas. The principle of editorial responsibility, as distinct from that of individual contributions, was established in its columns. Mr. Hale was editor and publisher of the &ldquo;Monthly Chronicle&rdquo; during 1840-'2, and was one of a club that founded the &ldquo;North American Review&rdquo; in 1815, and the &ldquo;Christian Examiner&rdquo; in 1823. He was acting chairman of the Massachusetts board of internal improvements in 1828, and was an early advocate of railroads in New England. He was first president of the Boston and Worcester railroad, the first company in New England to use steam power, and continued in that capacity for nineteen years. In 1846 he was appointed chairman of the commission for introducing water into the city. He was at various times a member of the legislature, serving in both houses, and was a delegate to two Constitutional conventions. Mr. Hale was an active member of the American academy of arts and sciences, and also of the Massachusetts historical society. In 1816 he married Sarah Preston, sister of Edward Everett. He published an excellent map of New England (1825), and a series of stereotype maps on a plan of his own invention (1830), being the first maps with names printed in page with type made by the founders, also &ldquo;Journal of Debates and Proceedings in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention&rdquo; (Boston, 1821), and numerous pamphlets on the practicability of railroads, on canals, and other topics. &mdash; Nathan's brother, Enoch, physician, b. in Westhampton, Mass., 19 Jan., 1790; d. in Boston, 12 Nov., 1848. His father, of the same name, was the first minister of Westhampton (1779-1837). The son was educated at Harvard, where he was graduated in medicine in 1813, and began practice at Gardiner, Me. In 1816 he removed to Boston, where he remained till his death. He was an active member of the Massachusetts medical society and of the American academy of arts and sciences, and in addition to frequent essays and papers in medical journals was the author of a dissertation on &ldquo; Animal Heat and Respiration&rdquo;; &ldquo;History and Description of the Spotted Fever,&rdquo; which prevailed at Gardiner, Me., in 1814; two Boylston prize essays in 1819 and 1821; and a work on &ldquo;Typhoid Fever.&rdquo; &mdash; Another nephew of Nathan, David, journalist, b. in Lisbon, Conn., 25 April, 1791; d. in Fredericksburg, Va., 25 Jan., 1849, was educated at public schools and by his father, who was a clergyman. He settled in Boston in 1809, and entered mercantile pursuits, but was unsuccessful. In 1827 he came to New York, where he became the associate editor and subsequently joint proprietor with Gerald Hallock of the &ldquo;New York Journal of Commerce.&rdquo; Under his direction this journal advocated free-trade, the sub-treasury, and other financial measures of the Democratic party. In 1840 he purchased the Broadway Tabernacle, where an orthodox Congregational church was established. He contributed largely to benevolent and religious enterprises, and for many years supported several missionaries. See &ldquo;Memoir of David Hale, with Selections from his Writings&rdquo; (New York, 1849). &mdash; Nathan, son of the second Nathan, journalist, b. in Boston, Mass., 12 Nov., 1818; d. there, 9 Jan., 1871, was graduated at Harvard in 1838, and at its law-school in 1841, and was admitted to practice in the courts of Massachusetts in 1841, but turned his attention to literary pursuits. From 1841 till 1853 he was associated with his father in the editorial management of the &ldquo;Boston Daily Advertiser,&rdquo; and in 1842 also undertook the editorship of the &ldquo;Boston Miscellany of Literature.&rdquo; In 1853, finding that this double duty was too severely taxing his constitution, he retired from editorial work. Subsequently he was for a short time acting professor of mental and moral philosophy in Union college, and was also associated with his brother, Edward Everett, in conducting &ldquo;Old and New.&rdquo; &mdash; His sister, Lucretia Peabody, b. in Boston, Mass., 2 Sept., 1820, was educated at George B. Emerson's school in Boston. Subsequently she devoted herself to literature, and was a member of the Boston school committee for two years. Besides numerous stories contributed to periodicals and newspapers, some of which have been collected in book-form, she has published &ldquo;The Lord's Supper and its Observance&rdquo; (Boston, 1866); &ldquo;The Service of Sorrow&rdquo; (1867);