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[Nathan Hale, 1755-1826, his execution by British, September 22, 1776] – Historic Print

[Nathan Hale, 1755-1826, his execution by British, September 22, 1776] — historic print
[Nathan Hale, 1755-1826, his execution by British, September 22, 1776]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Nathan Hale, 1755-1826, his execution by British, September 22, 1776], a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Nathan Hale, 1755-1826, his execution by British, September 22, 1776]

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This print shows the execution of Nathan Hale, a Connecticut schoolteacher who served as a captain in the Continental Army, on September 22, 1776, in New York, which British forces had recently taken. Hale volunteered for a spy mission behind British lines on Long Island, was captured, and was hanged without a trial. He is remembered for his reported last words, that he regretted having only one life to give for his country. Because the print dates from about 1913, more than a century after the event, it shows how later artists imagined a patriot's final moments rather than offering a firsthand record.

Medium1 item.
Notesc1913.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,438 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125118

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