INDEX.

Adams, Alice, Hale's affianced, [21] (note).
Alexander, William, Lord Stirling, [71] (note).
American army on Manhattan Island, condition of, [11];
on Harlem Heights—perils menacing the, [12].
American cause, gloomy prospects for the, [79].
Anderson, the fictitious name of Major André, [65].
André, John, birth, parentage, education, and family of, [37];
at Lichfield with Anna Seward, [38];
personal appearance of—betrothed to Honora Sneyd—paints a miniature portrait of her—correspondence of, with Anna Seward, [40], [41];
enters the British army—alleged presages of his death, [42], [43];
goes to America—his observations there, [43], [44];
made a prisoner, exchanged, and promoted by General Howe, [44], [45];
social position of, in Philadelphia, [45], [46];
writes "Yankee Doodle's Expedition to Rhode Island"—aide-de-camp to General Clinton, [61];
genius of, displayed—goes with Clinton up the Hudson River, [62];
letters of, to Mrs. Benedict Arnold, [63];
secret correspondence of, with General Arnold, [65];
a spy at Charleston—made adjutant-general of the British forces in America, [66];
writes "The Cow-Chase," [68];
at a dinner-party given by Colonel Williams—sadness of, [80];
sings a campaign song—important mission of, [81];
meets Arnold near Haverstraw—goes to Smith's house—bargain with Arnold, [83], [84];
attempts to return to New York through the American lines—disguise of, [84];
conceals papers received from Arnold in his boots—journey of, toward
New York, [85];
arrest of, [86];
suspected of being a spy, [87], [88];
tries to bribe his captors—taken to an American post, [88];
confession of, [91];
letter of, to Washington, [91]-93;
sent to West Point, [97];
sent to Tappaan in charge of Major Tallmadge, [97], [98];
sympathy for, [99], [105], [106];
effect of the news of capture of, [99];
trial and sentence of, [100], [101];
exertions to save the life of, [101];
letter of, to Washington, on the mode of his death, [102];
letters of, to friends—drawings of, [103] (note);
execution of, [103]-105;
monument in honor of, in Westminster Abbey, [106];
remains of, removed to the abbey, [106] (note);
place of execution of, marked by memorial-stones, [108], [109].
André Brook, the, [117].
Arnold, Benedict, life of, in Philadelphia—charges against, [63];
urges an investigation, [64];
treasonable correspondence of, [64], [65];
secret correspondence of, with Major André—disguised handwriting of, [65];
in command at West Point, [78];
tries to meet André in disguise, [79];
plans of, for consummating treason, [83], [84];
meets André near Haverstraw, [83];
takes André to Smith's house—finishes his bargain to betray his country—gives André important papers, [84];
receives notice of the arrest of André, [93];
hurried interview with his wife—escapes to the Vulture—patriotism of his barge crew, [94];
attempts to arrest, [96];
impudent letter of, to Washington, [101] (note).
Arnold, Mrs., distress of, [94];
Washington's kindness to, [96].
Austin, Henry, designer of the Hale Monument at Coventry, [27].

Babcock, J.S., poetic tribute of, to the memory of Nathan Hale, [29].
Boothby, Sir Richard, a literary friend of Anna Seward, [38].
Boudinot, Elias, concerning the arrest and execution of André, [99].
British army near New York, condition of the, [11].
Buchanan, James, assists in the removal of André's remains to England, [108].

Caldwell, Rev. James, [77] (note).
Captors of André, [85];
rewarded, [89].
Carleton, Governor of Canada, [43].
Cathcart, Captain, and Miss Eliot, [51] (note).
"Cedars, The," and the Widow Chichester, [16].
Chichester, the Widow, and the Tories, [16].
Clinton, Sir Henry, [43];
succeeds Howe, [46];
in command of the British army—flight of, across New Jersey—fights at Monmouth Court-House, [60];
headquarters of, at New York, [61], [62], [83];
letter of, to Washington—André's letter to, [101].
Court of inquiry in the case of André, [100].
"Cow-Chase, The," a satire by Major André, [67]-78.
Cunningham, William, character of, [24] (note), [25].

Darwin, Erasmus, [38].
De Lancey, Oliver, assists André in art-work—marries Miss Franks [56] (note).
Demorest, Rev. John, assists at the disinterment of the remains of Major André—silver cup sent to, by André's sisters, [108].
Depew, Chauncey M., oration by, at Tarrytown, [121].
D'Estaing, with French fleet, goes to Rhode Island, [61].
Dobb's Ferry, [84];
conference at, [101].
Dream, a singular, concerning André, [42].
E
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, marries Honora Sneyd, [38], [41].
Eliot, Miss, and Captain Cathcart, [51].

Field, Cyrus W., erects a memorial-stone at the place of André's execution, [109]-115;
proposes to erect a monument in memory of Nathan Hale at his own expense, [113], [114];
letter of, on the subject, to the New York Historical Society, [114];
contribution of, to the Hale monument at Coventry, [114];
generous designs of, for the benefit of the Rockland County Historical and Forestry Society, [118].

Finch, Francis M., poem on Nathan Hale by, [29].
Fort Hale, [28].

Gibbs, George, epitaph for Hale's tomb, written by, [84].
Grey, General, marauding expedition of, to New Bedford, [61].
Greene, General Nathanael, in command at Tappaan, proclaims Arnold's treason, [98].
"Gustavus," the fictitious name of Arnold, [61].

Hale and André, character and motives of, iv.
Hale, Edward Everett, [4].
Hale, Enoch, [4].
Hale, Nathan, childhood and youth of—personal appearance and vigor of—enters Yale College, [4];
Dr. E. Munson's recollections of, [5];
letter of, to Dr. Munson, [6] (note);
a school-teacher at East Haddam and New London, [7];
patriotism of, aroused—speech of, [8];
a volunteer soldier at the siege of Boston—patriotism displayed—commissioned captain—daring feat of, at New York, [9];
generosity of—in the battle of Long Island and the retreat—illness of, [10];
volunteers for the secret service, and resists the dissuasions of his friends—ideas of, concerning secret service, [14], [15];
receives instructions from Washington—departure of, on secret service, [15];
goes to Long Island and enters the British camps in disguise—methods of, as a spy, [16];
arrest of, [17];
character of, discovered, [18];
at General Howe's headquarters at the Beekman mansion—confined in a greenhouse, [19];
interview of, with General Howe, [20];
treatment of, by Cunningham, [21], [22];
last words of, [23];
place of execution of, [23] (note);
execution of—sympathy for—neglect of memory of, [24];
memorials of, [25];
monument erected in memory of, [27], [28];
poem written concerning, [27]-31;
and André compared, [31];
proposed monument in memory of, at New York—statue of, contemplated, [33];
epitaph for tomb of, [34];
monument to, proposed, [111], [113], [114].
Hale, Richard and Elizabeth, parents of Nathan Hale, [3].
Hayley, Thomas, an English poet, [38].
Hamilton, Alexander, [73], [93], [96], [100], [102].
Harrison, Richard, [73] (note).
Hempstead, Stephen, [15].
Hillhouse, James, a classmate with Hale,[ 7].
Howe, General William, succeeded by Sir Henry Clinton, [46];
fête given in honor of, [46]-59;
estimate of the character of, [59].
Hull, Lieutenant William, and Nathan Hale, [14].
Huntington, Rev. Dr., fits Hale for college, [4].
Husted, General James, marshal at the dedication of the monument at Tarrytown, [121].
Husted, Dr. Nathaniel C., author of a "Memorial Souvenir," [121].

Irvines, the two, [71] (note).

Jameson, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Major André, [90].
Johnson, Jeremiah, concerning the place of Hale's execution, [23].

Knowlton, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Nathan Hale, [13];
death of, [16] (note).

Lafayette with Washington at West Point, [93].
Laurance, John, Judge Advocate-General, [100].
Lawrence, William, [21] (note).
Lee, Charles, and Colonel Hamilton, [73] (note).
Lee, Henry ("Legion Harry"), [67].
Lee, James, marks the spot where André was executed, [108], [110];
statue of Washington in New York, [108] (note).
Lionian Society of Yale College, [29].
Livingston, Susannah, [77] (note).

Memorial-stone near Tappaan, unveiling of the, [113];
description of, and inscription upon the, [115];
what the stone commemorates, [116], [117];
attempts to destroy the, [117]-119.
Military execution, method of, [23] (note).
Mischianza, the, description of, by Major André, [46]-58;
criticism of the, [59];
the, deplored, [60].
Monmouth, battle of, [60].
Munson, Dr. Eneas, relates his personal recollections of Nathan Hale,[ 5].
Monody on Major André, [135].
Murray, Robert, Washington at house of, [12].

Neutral ground, the, and its inhabitants, [85].
New York City, great conflagration at, [20].

O'Donovan, sculptor, author of a statue at Tarry town, [121].

Paulding, John, a captor of André, [85]-89.
Philadelphia, British army in, and its demoralization, [45];
flight of British from—American troops and Congress enter, [60].

Raymond, Henry J., oration of, at Tarrytown, [31]-33.
Reed, General Joseph, and General Arnold, [63].
Ripley, Eleazar, [21] (note).
Robertson, General, and General Greene at Dobb's Ferry—bears a letter from Arnold to Washington, [101].
Robinson, Beverly, letter of, [64];
and André and Arnold, [79];
with André on the Vulture, [81];
letter of, to Washington, [95].

Samson, Ezra, [7.]
Seward, Anna, literary friends of, [38];
biographical sketch of, [125];
Major André's letters to, [152].
Seward, Rev. Thomas, father of Anna Seward, [38].
Smith, J.H., and Arnold and André, [82]-84.
Sneyd, Honora, betrothed to André, [40];
marries Richard Lovell Edgeworth, and death of, [41].
Sparks, Dr., on André, [64].
Spies, character of, defined, iii.
Sprague, Rev. W.B., [68].
Stanley, Rev. Arthur Penrhyn, Dean of Westminster, visits the place of André's execution, [110];
writes an inscription for a memorial-stone placed on the spot—letter to Mr. Whittemore concerning the inscription, [112];
inscription by, [115].
Stuart's biography of Hale, [28].

Tallmadge, Benjamin, and Nathan Hale, at college, [7];
pronounces André a spy, [90];
custodian of and frank conversation with André, [98].

Tappaan, allusion to, in "The Cow-Chase," [69];
André taken to, [99];
André executed near, [103];
memorial-stone near, erected by Mr. Field, [113];
indignation meeting at, [119].
Tarrytown, monument at, [119]-121.
Thacher, Dr., on André's execution, [105], [106].
Tilden, Samuel J., presides at the dedication of a monument at Tarrytown, [121].

Union Grammar-School at New London taught by Hale, [7].

Van Wart, Isaac, a captor of André, [85]-87.
Vulture, the, sloop-of-war, bears André up the Hudson River, [81].

Washington asks and receives instructions from Congress, [11], [12];
at Murray's house, [12];
instructions of, for obtaining information, [12];
calls a council of war—desires a trustworthy man for secret service, [13];
in conference with French officers, [79];
at West Point and Arnold's quarters—discovers Arnold's treason—kindness to Mrs. Arnold, [96], [97].

Watson, J.F., and relics of the Mischianza, [48] (note).
Wayne, General Anthony, expedition of, [67].
Webb, Colonel Charles,[ 9].
West Point, surrender of, contemplated, [67];
and arranged for, [79], [80].
Wharton, Thomas, house of, the scene of the Mischianza, [46].
Whittemore, Henry, and the Field memorial-stone at Tappaan, [111]-113.
Willard, Solomon, architect of the Bunker Hill Monument, [27].
Williams, David, a captor of André, [85].
Williams, Colonel, gives a dinner-party to Sir Henry Clinton, [80].
Windt, John de, [99] (note).
Wood, E.S., sculptor, [34] (note).
Wright, Ansel, Hale's trusty servant, [15].

"Yankee Doodle's Expedition to Rhode Island," by André, [61].
Yerks, John, a captor of André, [85].
York, Duke of, causes the remains of André to be removed to England, [106] (note);
sends a snuff-box to Rev. J. Demorest, [108].
Monody on Major André, [135].
André's letters to Miss Seward, [152].

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