Life of Captain Nathan Hale: The Martyr-Spy of the American Revolution

xii, [2], [13]-271, [1], 12 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Lithographic frontispiece and plates. A biography of the soldier in the Continental Army and member of Knowlton's Rangers, the first organized intelligence service organization of the United States of America. Hale spied on the British, and was captured and executed during a mission in New York City. His service earned him the title of state hero of Connecticut.