There were, of course, at the time, strong animosities
existing between those who supported the
British cause among the Americans, and the Americans
who were opposing England. As at all such
times, some members of each party were not only
unjust but cruel to the other party; and in some
respects this nephew of the teacher, Samuel Hale,
and asserted betrayer of Nathan, paid very heavily
for his loyalty to the English cause. We will let
him tell his own story, only adding that when
hostilities broke out he was a young and successful
barrister practicing in Portsmouth, was married,
and had one child.

Unswerving in his loyalty to the English cause,
he was soon obliged to leave New Hampshire, and
eventually to go into English territory. He wrote
to his uncle Samuel, in whose family he had been
reared, and later to his wife; neither letter is dated,
but it is probable that when the latter was written
he was in Nova Scotia. His letter to his uncle
runs in part as follows:

"My affections as well as my allegiance are due
to another nation. I love the British government
with filial fondness. I have never been actuated by
any political rancor towards the Americans. My
conduct has always been fair, explicit, and open,
and I may add, _some_of_your_people_have_found_it_

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