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New Haven County Superior Court Bill of Costs for Indians and Sanford, 1754

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Description

New Haven County Superior Court Bill of Costs for Indians and Sanford, 1754

Overview

This collection preserves the 1754 bill of costs issued by the New Haven Superior Court, detailing the financial charges incurred for the detention and execution of Indigenous prisoners and a named prisoner, Sanford. The archive contains a digitized text record, a structured metadata file, and two scanned images (TIFF and JPEG) of the original handwritten bill. The documents collectively provide a snapshot of colonial Connecticut court procedures and the economic burden of criminal justice in the mid‑18th century.

Background

The bill was prepared by Samson Ashfield, Sheriff of New Haven County, and attested by Judge Sam Lynde. It was issued in February 1754 under the jurisdiction of the New Haven Superior Court. The record reflects the colonial legal framework for handling prisoners, including Indigenous peoples, and illustrates the administrative practices of the New Haven County Superior Court during the pre‑Revolutionary period.

Contents

  • Text record: Describes the bill’s purpose, creator, date, and subjects (Indians, criminals, bill of costs, etc.).
  • Metadata file: Enumerates entities such as the sheriff, judge, blacksmith, and the prisoner Sanford, and records the relationships among them.
  • TIFF & JPEG scans: High‑resolution images of the original bill, showing handwritten charges, dates, and amounts.
  • Charges:
- Receiving Indians: £10 (Dec 2 1753 – Mar 2 1754) - Receiving Sanford: £2 (Jan 26 1754 – Mar 2 1754) - Blacksmith services (Sam Plumb): £0 7 6 - Execution of Sanford: £1 0 0 - Additional costs for confinement, wood, blankets, and jury travel.

Scope

The collection covers a single bill of costs for the period December 1753 to March 1754, focusing on the financial aspects of incarcerating Indigenous prisoners and Sanford in New Haven County. It is geographically limited to New Haven County, Connecticut, and thematically centered on colonial criminal justice, prison economics, and Indigenous‑related legal matters. The archive does not include other court cases or broader court records from the period.

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Raw Cheimarros Data

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@new_haven_county:place {state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}

@new_haven_superior_court:organization {type: "Superior Court", location: @new_haven_ct}

@samson_ashfield:person {role: "Sheriff of New Haven County"}

@sam_lynde:person {role: "Judge"}

@sam_plumb:person {role: "Blacksmith"}

@sanford:person {status: "prisoner"}

@indians:concept {group: "Indigenous peoples"}

@date_1753_12_02

@date_1754_03_02

@date_1753_05_11

@date_1754_01_26

@date_1754_02

@date_1754

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@charge_indian_receiving:concept {recipient: @indians, description: "receiving of Indians into jail", amount: "£10 0", period: {start: @date_1753_12_02, end: @date_1754_03_02}}

@charge_sanford_receiving:concept {recipient: @sanford, description: "receiving Sanford into jail", amount: "£2 0", date: @date_1754_01_26}

@charge_blacksmith:concept {provider: @sam_plumb, description: "blacksmith services for Sanford", amount: "£0 7 6"}

@charge_execution_sanford:concept {recipient: @sanford, description: "execution on Sanford", amount: "£1 0 0"}

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Samson Ashfield Sheriff of N.Haven County Charges against the Indians Criminals To receiving of Indians into Goal - £ 10 0 To virtualing of them from Dec. 2, 1753 to March 2, 1754. 13 weeks at 2/6 3 5 0 To 3 Load Wood 1/6 a blanket 1/ 19 6 To the Blacksmith's bill for putting on & Irons taking off & making a branding iron on - £ 0 7 6 To virtualing Aplbo Indian from March 2, 1753 to May 11th 10 weeks at 2/6 1 5 0 To going with criminals before the Grand Jury 0 7 0 £ 6 8 0 Charges against Sanford To receiving Sanford into Goal - £ 2 0 To virtualing him from from 26 of Jan'y 1754 to March 2, 1754, 5 weeks at 2/6 12 6 To 4 meas watching 1 night 8 0 To 1 Load Wood 6/ 6 0 To Sam Plumb's bill for taking Sanford bringing to goal with assistance of 2 men one £ 1 7 4 To doing Execution on Sanford 1 0 0 To keeping Virtualing 1 week 2 6 £ 3 18 4 New Haven S. Supl Court Feb. 1754 The above bills exam. & attested & Sam Lynde one of the judges

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