" The Board having considered the letter from His Excellency General Washington, respecting Major Andre, Adjutant-General to the British army, the confession, of Major Andre and the paper produced to them, Report to nis Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, the following fact which appear to them concerning Major Andre.

" First, That he came on shore from the Vulture, sloop-of-war, in the night of the 21st September inst. on an interview with General Arnold, in a private and secret manner.

Secondly, That he changed his dress within our lines, and under a feigned name, and in a disguised habit, passed our works at Stony and Verplanck's Points the evening of the 22nd September inst. and was taken the morning of the 23rd September inst. at Tarrytown in a disguised habit, being then on his way to Xew York, and, when taken, he had in his possession several papers, which contained intelligence for tlie enemy.

"The Beard having maturely considered these facts, Do also Report to His Excellency General Washington, that Major Andre; Adjutant-General to the British army ought to be considered as a spy from the enemy ; and that, agreeable to the law and usage of nations, it is their opinion, he ought to suffer death."

" Intelligence of the finding of the court and of his fate were communicated to Andre through two officers from Greene, one of whom was his aide, Major Burnet. The sentence was listened to with a composure that his informants vainly strove to emulate. The prisoner had steeled himself to encounter death : " I avow no guilt," he said, " but I am resigned to my fate." Yet he shrunk from the idea of the halter. " Since