A postscript runs as follows:

The young girls, B. Coit, S. and P. Belden [Hale's pupils]
have frequently desired their Compliments to Master, but
I've never thought of mentioning it till now. You must
write something in your next by way of P.S. that I may
shew it them.

Favored by copies of these letters by Saltonstall,
one must regret all the more that so few of Hale's
own letters have been discovered, ten being the
limit. Within a comparatively short period, however,
some sixty more records--mostly letters
written to Hale--have come to light, preserved,
as it is now seen, by the same "orderly care" that
marked his interest in all the correspondence of his
friends.

In them are expressed, in letter after letter, the
affectionate interest and warm admiration of the
writers. It is now said that Hale kept these
letters with him down to the date of his tragic
mission. We can easily imagine the glow of satisfaction
that must have filled his brotherly soul in
the few spare moments he could devote to these
letters.

Brief extracts are made from his diary, fortunately
preserved for evidence as to his work and
growing interest in the duties he had entered upon.
The diary was found in the camp-book brought to

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