Moodie, Andrew, ?-1787 At a garrison court martial held at West Point 30th August 82 by order of General Patterson for the tryal of Phillip Francis and Peggy Martin
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10041 Author/Creator: Moodie, Andrew, ?-1787 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 30 August 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 35.5 x 23 cm. Order a Copy
Includes testimony of several witnesses regarding money, supposedly stolen by Peggy Martin. In her defense, Martin said she was invited to Peter Hubbard's for a beer, and while there a man asked her to sell him calico. For the calico, he paid her with the stolen note. Martin was acquitted.
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