The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

LONDON, November 16.

Description of a Monument erected in Westminster-Abbey, for Major JOHN ANDRE, designed by Robert Adam Esq; Architect, and executed in statuary marble, by Mr. P. M. Van Gelder, Sculptor.

This Monument is composed of a sarcophage, elevated on a pedestal, upon the panel of which is engraved the following inscription:

Sacred to the Memory of
MAJOR JOHN ANDRE,
Who, raised by his Merit at an early period of his life,
to the rank of Adjutant-General of the British Forces in America; and employed
in an important, but hazardous enterprize, fell a sacrifice to his zeal
for his
KING and COUNTRY.
On the second of October, 1780,
AGED TWENTY-NINE,
Universally beloved and esteemed by the Army in which he served.
And lamented even by his Foes.
His Gracious Sovereign KING GEORGE III:
has caused this Monument to be erected.

On the front of the sarcophage, General Washington is represented in his tent, at the moment when he had received the report of the Court-martial held on Major Andre: at the same time a flag of truce arrived from the British army, with a letter for General Washington to treat for the Major's life.

But the fatal sentence being already passed, the flag was sent back without the hoped for clemency in his favor: Major Andre received his condemnation with that fortitude and resolution which had always marked his character, and is represented going with unshaken spirit to meet his doom.

On the top of the sarcophage, a figure of Britannia reclined laments the premature fate of so gallant an officer: the British lion too seems instinctively to mourn his untimely death.