and the portion relating to Nathan Hale is here
given. It came to light a hundred and thirty-five
years after Hale's execution. We give this valuable
record of Captain Bostwick's as it appeared
in the _Hartford_Courant_ of December 15th, 1914:
"I will now make some observations upon the
amiable & unfortunate Capt. Nathan Hale whose
fate is so well known; for I was with him in the
same Regt. both at Boston & New York & until the
day of his tragical death; & although of inferior
grade in office was always in the habits of friendship
& intimacy with him: & my remembrance of
his person, manners & character is so perfect that
I feel inclined to make some remarks upon them:
for I can now in imagination see his person & hear
his voice--his person I should say was a little
above the common stature in height, his shoulders
of a moderate breadth, his limbs strait & very
plump: regular features--very fair skin--blue
eyes--flaxen or very light hair which was always
kept short--his eyebrows a shade darker than his
hair & his voice rather sharp or Piercing--his
bodily agility was remarkable. I have seen him
follow a football & kick it over the tops of the
trees in the Bowery at New York (an exercise
which he was fond of)--his mental powers seemed
to be above the common sort--his mind of a

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