After reading in the paper about a lack of leading men in Hollywood due to WW II military service, Ruth mentioned that he might make a go at professional acting. He was soon able to convince Hale that he was a friend who supported the cause of liberty. No official records were kept of Hale's final speech. Many statues and memorials were erected honoring his bravery and service to his country in the years following his death. Washington had to search for another option. The Hale brothers belonged to the Linonian Society of Yale, which debated topics in astronomy, mathematics, literature, and the ethics of slavery. "One has indeed personally to come under the shadow of war to feel fully its oppression. Staff Directory - Nathan Hale High School Though, he is 5 9 in feet and inches and 175 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 165 lbs in Pound and 75kg in Kilograms. [4], Statues of Hale are based on idealized archetypes; no contemporaneous portraits of him have been found. Hale was the great-grandson of Reverend John Hale, an important figure in the Salem witch trials of 1692. I've served with zeal the land that gave me birth, "George Washington, Spymaster." Staff Directory - Nathan Hale High School According to Consider Tiffany, a Connecticut shopkeeper and Loyalists account obtained by the Library of Congress, Major Robert Rogers of the Queen's Rangers saw Hale in a tavern and recognized him despite his disguise. The future millions of the western main, [9], While Hale was undercover, New York City (then the area at the southern tip of Manhattan, mostly south of what is now Chambers Street) fell to British forces on September 15, and Washington was forced to retreat to the island's north in Harlem Heights (what is now Morningside Heights). n.p., 2010. Ripley was an older man with a large fortune, but as providence would have it would die before the two would be married. Nathan Hales income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. Patriot Nathan Hale Was Hanged - America's Library Enoch Hale, Nathan's brother, wrote in his diary after he questioned people who had been present, October 26, 1776, "When at the Gallows he spoke & told them that he was a Capt in the Cont Army by name Nathan Hale. Hale has been honored with two standing images: In January 1899 a play based on Hale's life, Nathan Hale by Clyde Fitch opened at New York's Knickerbocker Theatre, where it played successfully for eight weeks. ), had greatly renovated and expanded the original house to accommodate the extended family, so the structure that now stands would've been completely unknown to Nathan. Hale has long been considered an American hero and, in 1985, he was officially . The case that Matthew Hale presided over took place some 17 years later from March 10-13, 1662, and it dealt with charges of witchcraft against two women from Lowestoft, . I can now in imagination see his person & hear his voicehis 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 featuresvery fair skinblue eyesflaxen or very light hair which was always kept shorthis eyebrows a shade darker than his hair & his voice rather sharp or piercinghis bodily agility was remarkable.