[2] Hatchett's first three works were translations of substantial French works: Jean-Paul Bignon's Les aventures d’Abdalla, fils d’Hanif (The Adventures of Abdalla, Son of Hanif) (1728), Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, Marquise de Lambert's Avis d’une mere à son fils et à sa fille (Advice from a mother to her son and daughter) (1728), and Giovanni Battista, conte di Comazzi's Morale dei principi osservata (The Morals of Princes) (1729), a work that Haywood subscribed to.
In May 1738, John Frederick Lampe unsuccessfully sued Hatchett and others involved in the production for money he believed was due to him.
[8] In 1730, Hatchett became embroiled in the activities of Monsieur de Montaud, a Frenchman trying to sell State secrets.
In the first half of 1748 he was involved in Fielding’s Panton Street puppet show and in April 1749 he shared a benefit at Covent Garden Theatre.
[12] Hatchett may have lived into the 1760s, as it is possible that he was the source for David Erskine Baker’s biographical sketch of Haywood, which was published in 1764.