"Captain Nathan Hale " by Rev. Edward Everett Hale"

“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

“Nathan Hale 1755-1776" at U-S-History.com”

“I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary. If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claim to perform that service are imperious.”

“Nathan Hale, American Patriot" at AmericanRevolution.com”

“Captain Nathan Hale " by Mary J. Ortner”

“The Last Days and Valiant Death of Nathan Hale" in American Heritage magazine, Vol. 15, Issue 3”