Under orders from Lieutenant General William Howe, Commander-in-Chief of British North America, First Lieutenant Nathan Hale, of the Connecticut Militia, is hanged as a spy.
[restored 7/24/2021]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 20.
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