Nathan Hale Was A Teacher

Another fact about Nathan Hale is that after graduating from Yale at the young age of 18, he immediately obtained employment as a teacher. It is thought that the reason he didn't join the combat earlier was that he had a contract in New London at the time he had already joined a militia fighting for freedom. He missed the Boston Siege earlier that year since he wasn't recruited in New London until July 1775.

Parents and kids alike admired Nathan's kind approach to transferring knowledge and his love of teaching. As a result, he received an invitation to become the master of the Union School in late 1774. It's intriguing that his uncle, Major Samuel Hale, a French and Indian War veteran, was a well-known teacher and the headmaster of the esteemed Latin School in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Soon after, Nathan wrote to this uncle to seek some immediate guidance on whether to take the permanent post and its suggested compensation. Nathan most likely responded in the yes since he made the decision to accept the offer and pursue a career as a teacher.