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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In December, in New-Grenada's interior provinces, Patriots advanced near Santa Fe de Bogota. Royalists seized spy Policarpa Selabarriet, who transmitted invasion plans but refused to reveal sources under torture and was executed heroically, declaring her loyalty to freeing the country.
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To the editor of the Kington Chronicle.
SIR—The following instances of female heroism, which occurred in December last, is worthy of record, and as it happened in a country where the press is enslaved, I am of opinion it will be buried in oblivion if not rescued by you:
In the interior provinces of New-Grenada, a number of parties of Patriots have sprung up in formidable bodies, who had penetrated to the outskirts of the capital of Santa Fe de Bogota. The Royalists discovered and seized a number of emissaries or spies, who communicated with the Patriots, and among them a woman named Policarpa Selabarriet, born in the town of Guachias, by means of whom plans and instructions to invade the capital were transmitted to the Patriots. In spite of all the threats and tortures which were inflicted on her, to make her reveal the authors of these documents, found in her possession, she persisted in secrecy to the last, and this heroic woman died with the greatest fortitude, exclaiming to the moment of her execution, "You shall not hear it from my mouth; I will die—and may those live who can free the country!"
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New Grenada
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December Last
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policarpa selabarriet executed after refusing to reveal information under torture
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In the interior provinces of New-Grenada, parties of Patriots sprang up and penetrated to the outskirts of Santa Fe de Bogota. Royalists seized spies communicating with Patriots, including woman Policarpa Selabarriet from Guachias, who transmitted invasion plans. Despite threats and tortures, she maintained secrecy and died heroically at execution, exclaiming her loyalty to freeing the country.