Timothy Wooster Esq. Costs Collection, 1733

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Description

Timothy Wooster Esq. Costs Collection, 1733 (NHSC BAAI)

Overview

This collection preserves the bill of costs submitted by Timothy Wooster Esq. in connection with the probate of Tobee’s last will. The documents were presented to the New Haven Superior Court in March 1733 and record the travel, attendance, and attorney fees incurred during the proceedings. The collection is held by the Connecticut State Library and is part of the New Haven County Superior Court files that focus on Black, African American, and Indigenous history (NHSC BAAI).

Background

The bill of costs reflects the administrative procedures of early‑18th‑century Connecticut probate courts. It was approved in court by attorney Jos. Whiting and is preserved as a primary source for legal historians studying the costs of estate administration in colonial New Haven. The collection is linked to the broader NHSC BAAI project, which seeks to document court cases involving Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals in New Haven County.

Contents

  • Bill of Costs (1733) – Two scanned images (RG003NHSCBAAIPSCostsWooster001.tif and RG003NHSCBAAIPSCostsWooster002.tif) show the detailed line items: travel to probate, attendance, attorney’s fee, travel to the Supreme Court, attendance for three days, and two additional attorney fees.
  • Metadata – A JSON file (pinax.json) records title, creator, institution, subjects, place, language, and rights, and references the NHSC BAAI subject index.
  • Supporting Documents – The collection’s metadata references the original bill of costs and the court approval by Jos. Whiting.

Scope

The collection covers a single legal transaction—Timothy Wooster’s bill of costs for the probate of Tobee’s will—dated March 1733. It is geographically confined to New Haven, Connecticut, and thematically focused on probate law, legal costs, and the historical record of Black, African American, and Indigenous people in the region. The collection does not include the will itself or other court filings; it is limited to the financial record of the case.

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Raw Cheimarros Data

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Metadata

Title
Timothy Wooster Esq. Costs Collection, 1733
Type
Collection
Creator
Timothy Wooster Esq.New Haven County Superior Court
Institution
conneticut state library
Created
1733
Language
en
Subjects
Legal costs, Probate, New Haven Superior Court, Black, African American, and Indigenous History, Legal Costs, New Haven County, Superior Court
Rights
Public Domain
Place
New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven County, Connecticut
Source
PINAX

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Additional Components

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# Reorganization Summary

Files were grouped based on content and file type. The first group contains JPEG files with readable text content related to Timothy Wooster's legal costs in 1733. The second group contains corresponding high-resolution TIFF images of the same documents. No files were left ungrouped as all could be logically categorized by either content or file type.

## Groups Created

- **Wooster_Costs_1733**: Files related to Timothy Wooster's legal costs and fees from 1733, including bills and court records.
- **TIFF_Images_Wooster_Costs**: High-resolution TIFF images of documents related to Timothy Wooster's legal costs, matching the content of the JPEG files.

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