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Such was the verbal testimony of a personal acquaintance of Nathan Hale as to his appearance and character. When he left Yale College.ssss1 Dr. Jared Sparks, who knew several of Hale's intimate friends, writes of him:

Please accept for yourself and Mrs. Munson the grateful thanks of one who will always remember the kindness he ever experienced whenever he visited your abode.

your friend,

Nathan Hale.

Fac-simile of Hale's Handwriting.

"Possessing genius, taste, and order, he became distinguished as a scholar; and, endowed in an eminent degree with those graces and gifts of Nature which add a charm to youthful excellence, he gained universal esteem and confidence. To high moral worth and irreproachable habits were joined gentleness of manner, an ingenuous disposition, and vigor of understanding. No young man of his years put forth a fairer promise of future usefulness and celebrity; the fortunes of none were fostered more sincerely by the generous good wishes of his associates, and the hopes and encouraging presages of his superiors."