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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.10041 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0045] August 1782 |
Title | 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 |
Date | 30 August 1782 |
Author | Moodie, Andrew (fl. 1781-1787) |
Document Type | Military document; Legal document |
Content Description | 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. |
Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Military Law Women's History Clothing and Accessories Textile Crime Alcohol Finance |
People | Moodie, Andrew (fl. 1781-1787) Paterson, John (1744-1808) |
Place written | West Point, New York |
Theme | The American Revolution; Law; Women in American History |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |