Hale, Nathan

Hale, Nathan

      Nathan Hale - Introduction
Nathan Hale was no doubt a hero of the American revolution.   He was a serious young individual and was well educated.   There are many accounts of his appearance and personality, and throughout all my research I have not seen anything negative.   It was (is) known that he was kind, gentle, religious, athletic, and smart.   He risked all this, to help his country, America.
















      Nathan Hale
Hale, born in Coventry, Connecticut was born on June 6, 1755.   Hale was the middle child kid in the family, he was the 6th out of 10.   Hale was born into two very respectable families, Richard Hale and Elizabeth Strong.   They were strong Puritans and encouraged religion, work and education.   His father, Richard, was a farmer and a minister of the church in Coventry.   As a child Nathan was sick often and had to be   educated by the local Reverend.   It is said that this Reverend deeply increased his love of learning and made Nathan want to teach.

Both Nathan and his older brother Enoch went to Yale College in 1769.   They entered at the ages of 14 (Nathan) and 16 (Enoch).   At the time Yale provided much education in religion, perfect for Nathan and his parents.   Yale mostly prepared their students for the Ministry, although students were not required to learn that.   Nathan and his brother had fit in well at Yale.   They were both in a secret fraternity called "Linonia."   In this "group" they discussed the issues of the day, astronomy,   literature, and the ethics of slavery.   The room where they discussed these things is still standing.   Nathan graduated from Yale with honors at the age of eighteen.

Like many of the graduates his initial job was teaching.   The purpose of this was to make a living while finding a better job (teachers were not paid much then).   He taught in East Haddam.   This was not a good experience for Nathan, in East Haddam.   In East Haddam he complained of his lack of mail and he was...