Verse in ten stanzas; first line: To drum beat and heart beat. At head of title: Nathan Hale. Immediately after the evacuation of New York City by the Continental troops, in 1776 ... Capt. Nathan Hale ... volunteered his services ... The following lines, commemorating the painful incident, are grandly beautiful: M.E.C. Introduced at the centennial celebration of the Linonian Society of Yale, 1853. The American Antiquarian Society copy has embossed stamp, presumably that of the stationer. Printed area measures 29.1 x 5.6 cm. AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
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Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2005. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (American broadsides and ephemera. First series ; no. 1305).