Dixwell was not the subject of any searches or arrest warrants, as it was believed in England that he was dead. He was known in New England only by his pseudonym: only on his deathbed was his identity revealed. His house in New Haven was at the corner of Grove and College Streets, near his friend the Rev. James Pierpont. His favorite study in exile was the "History of the World", which Raleigh had written in prison, and he cherished a constant faith that the spirit of liberty in England would produce a new revolution.