Hale, Nathan

(1755-1776), born in Connecticut, joined a volunteer company at the first news of the Revolutionary War, participated in the siege of Boston, and was made captain in 1776. He captured the British supply ship ‘‘ Asia,” and volunteered to reconnoiter the position of the British forces. He was apprehended and hanged asa spy, his last words being, ‘‘I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”” Half Dollar, silver coin. Its coinage was authorized (at weight 208 grains) in April, 1792, and begun in 1794. Its weight was reduced in 1853 to 192 grains. This coin is a legal tender to the amount of ten dollars. There were no i ues during the years 1798, 1799, 1800, 1816.