MOSES HAZEN Autograph Letter Signed to Colonel Jonathan Chas

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MOSES HAZEN. Autograph Letter Signed, to Colonel Jonathan Chase, requesting that he attend the trial of Isaac Tichenor to give evidence. 1 page, folio; faint scattered foxing, docketing verso, folds. Springfield, 18 April 1780

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"The Court martial for the Trial of Mr. Isaac Tichenor Commissary of Purchases has been Convened at this place. The Court has found It necessary to adj[o]urn to Charlestown and there to meet on monday the 24th Instant at 10 O'Clock in the fore noon. Your Evidence will be Necessary on that Day; or as Soon after as you can Possibly attend; not so much on the Principal Charges Exhibited against Mr. Tichenor, as for the Credit of Justice Due; and future protection of your own Country--which will much Depend on the event of this Trial. . . ."

In February of 1780, Hazen wrote to George Washington to request a court martial to try a number of Hazen's charges against Tichenor including negligence, failure to obey orders, mismanagement and corruption. Washington ordered the court martial, which was begun in April--by October, Tichenor was cleared of all charges.

From the Collection of William Wheeler III.