of the day as with the boys in the later classes.
An uncle of his, Samuel Hale, was for many years
at the head of the best private school in New Hampshire,
numbering among his pupils some of the
leaders in Revolutionary times. To him, September
24, 1774, Nathan wrote a letter from which
we give the following extracts:

"My own employment is at present the same that you
have spent your days in. I have a school of thirty-two
boys, about half Latin, the rest English. The salary allowed
me is 70 per annum. In addition to this I have
kept, during the summer, a morning school, between the
hours of five and seven, of about 20 young ladies for which I
have received 6s [shillings] a scholar, by the quarter. Many
of the people are gentleman of sense and merit. They are
desirous that I would continue and settle in the school, and
propose a considerable increase in wages. I am much at a
loss whether to accept their proposals. Your advice in
this matter, coming from an uncle and from a man who has
spent his life in the business, would, I think, be the best I
could possibly receive. A few lines on this subject and also
to acquaint me with the welfare of your family... will
be much to the satisfaction of

===============Your most dutiful Nephew=====
===============NATHAN HALE=====

A letter to Enoch Hale, containing allusions to
the excited feeling in the colony at this time, runs
as follows:

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