Hoadly vs. Pond Legal Costs Collection

Version: 9 (current) | Updated: 12/3/2025, 7:23:48 PM

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Description

RG003NHSCBAAIPSCosts_HoadlyvsPond

Overview

The RG003NHSCBAAIPSCosts_HoadlyvsPond collection is a digitized set of cost documents from the 1715 legal dispute Hoadly vs. Pond (William Hoadly vs. Samt Bond). It is housed in the Connecticut State Library’s New Haven County Superior Court (NHSC) repository and is indexed under the library’s “Black, African American, and Indigenous History” (BAAI) project. The collection consists of scanned images of the original cost bills, OCR‑extracted text, and accompanying metadata in the PINAX system.

Background

The case was heard in the New Haven County Superior Court in 1715 and is part of a broader CT State Library initiative to catalog BAAI‑related court proceedings. The cost bills were prepared by Samt Edly, Hoadly’s assistant, and detail the financial outlays required for court attendance, travel, filing, and witness expenses. The collection reflects early 18th‑century practices of itemizing legal expenses and provides insight into colonial court procedure.

Contents

  • RG003NHSCBAAIPSCostsHoadlyvsPond001.jpg – A scanned bill listing costs for 5 days of court attendance, travel to and from the court, copies from the clerk’s office, court and jury fees, filing fees, and travel for two witnesses, with OCR text and the signature of Samt Edly.
  • RG003NHSCBAAIPSCostsHoadlyvsPond002.jpg – A brief confirmation sheet noting “Hoadly, N.Y.”, “Costs Entor’d,” and the year 1715.
  • PINAX metadata describing creator, institution, subjects, and place.

The collection does not include the full court docket, pleadings, or judgment documents.

Scope

The collection is limited to the cost bills associated with the Hoadly vs. Pond case. It covers a single year (1715) and is geographically bound to New Haven, Connecticut. It is relevant to scholars of early colonial legal history, economic aspects of litigation, and researchers interested in the BAAI archival project within the NHSC. The collection does not provide the complete case file but focuses exclusively on the financial schedules that accompanied the litigation.

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Raw Cheimarros Data

@connecticut_state_library:organization {full_name: "Connecticut State Library", type: "state library"}

@pinax_metadata:document {id: "01KBJT87NWBZ8RH0K7GJ38DB2A", title: "Hoadly vs. Pond Legal Costs Collection", type: "Collection", creator: ["William Hoadly", "New Haven County Superior Court"], institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1715, language: "en", subjects: ["Legal costs", "Court documents", "New Haven County Superior Court", "Black, African American, and Indigenous History", "Legal documents", "Costs", "New Haven County", "African American history", "Indigenous history"], description: "A collection of documents and images detailing the costs associated with the legal case of William Hoadly vs. Samt Bond, including attendance, travel, and court fees from the New Haven County Superior Court, part of the Black, African American, and Indigenous (BAAI) collection.", access_url: "PLACEHOLDER", source: "PINAX", rights: "", place: ["New Haven, Connecticut", "New Haven County", "Connecticut"]}

@file_pinax:file {filename: "pinax.json", type: "Metadata (PINAX)"} {metadata: @pinax_metadata}

@pinax_metadata -> includes_creator -> @william_hoadly

@pinax_metadata -> includes_creator -> @new_haven_county_superior_court

@pinax_metadata -> subject -> @baai:concept

@pinax_metadata -> subject -> @new_haven_county_superior_court

@pinax_metadata -> subject -> @new_haven_connecticut:place

@hoadly_vs_pond_costs_documents -> contains -> @file_pinax

@hoadly_vs_pond_costs_documents -> described_by -> @pinax_metadata

@hoadly_vs_pond_case -> indexed by -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject -> part of -> @new_haven_county_superior_court_files

@hoadly_vs_pond_case -> documented in -> @hoadly_vs_pond_costs_documents

@hoadly_vs_pond_case -> documented in -> @hoadly_vs_pond_costs_images

@hoadly_vs_pond_costs_images -> part of -> @baai_collection:concept {description: "CT State Library BAAI collection of New Haven County Superior Court records"}

Metadata

Version History (9 versions)

  • ✓ v9 (current) · 12/3/2025, 7:23:48 PM
    "Added description"
  • v8 · 12/3/2025, 7:19:13 PM · View this version
    "Added knowledge graph extraction"
  • v7 · 12/3/2025, 7:15:30 PM · View this version
    "Added PINAX metadata"
  • v6 · 12/3/2025, 7:13:09 PM · View this version
    "Reorganized into 2 groups"
  • v5 · 12/3/2025, 7:13:08 PM · View this version
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  • v4 · 12/3/2025, 7:13:06 PM · View this version
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  • v3 · 12/3/2025, 7:12:05 PM · View this version
    "Added OCR to 2 files"
  • v2 · 12/3/2025, 7:11:51 PM · View this version
    "Set parent to 01KBJT1ABC66MAMWRVHJQJQN69"
  • v1 · 12/3/2025, 7:11:45 PM · View this version
    "Initial snapshot"

Additional Components

reorganization-description.txt
# Reorganization Summary

The files were grouped into two distinct categories based on their content and format. The first group contains the JPEG files with OCR-extracted text detailing the costs in the Hoadly vs. Pond case. The second group contains the high-resolution TIFF images of the original documents, which are important for archival preservation. This separation ensures that both the textual content and the original image quality are preserved and easily accessible.

## Groups Created

- **Hoadly_vs_Pond_Costs_Documents**: Files related to the cost documentation in the Hoadly vs. Pond case, including itemized expenses and court fees.
- **Hoadly_vs_Pond_Costs_Images**: High-resolution TIFF images of the original documents from the Hoadly vs. Pond case, preserving the archival quality.

Parent

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Children (2)