RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_Costs_Hannah_001.jpg

Hannah Costs 1731 Collection

Version: 4 (current) | Updated: 12/3/2025, 7:22:07 PM

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Description

Hannah Costs 1731 Collection

Overview

The Hannah Costs 1731 Collection is a digital assemblage of documents that record the monetary outlays incurred in the New Haven County Superior Court case involving an African‑American woman known as “Negro Hannah.” The collection is held by the Connecticut State Library and was assembled by Major Mansfield, the county sheriff, in 1731. It is presented in English and consists of a single image of the cost ledger (available as a TIFF and a JPEG) together with machine‑readable OCR text and accompanying descriptive metadata.

Background

The case is part of the New Haven County Superior Court (NHSC) files that the Connecticut State Library has digitised under its “Black, African American, and Indigenous History” (BAAI) project. Major Mansfield’s role as sheriff and recorder of the court’s financial accounts gives the document a primary‑source status. The record was filed in September 1731 and reflects the routine fiscal accounting of colonial Connecticut courts.

Contents

* Cost ledger image – “RG003NHSCBAAIPSCostsHannah001.tif” and its JPEG counterpart, both of which capture the handwritten entries. * OCR‑derived text – lists specific court costs: summons of 16 grand jurors, four days of court holding, serving a horse, and other miscellaneous items. The text also names Mr J Smith and P R Hooper, who were involved in the transaction. * Metadata – includes title, creator, institution, date, language, subjects (Negro Hannah, Superior Court, Costs, New Haven County, Legal Documents, African American History), and place (New Haven County, Connecticut).

Scope

The collection covers a single, dated cost record from September 1731, situated within the jurisdiction of the New Haven County Superior Court. Its geographic focus is New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, and its temporal focus is the late‑eighteenth‑century colonial period. The material is relevant to scholars of legal history, colonial Connecticut, and African‑American history, but it does not include the full court docket, transcripts, or related case files.

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Raw Cheimarros Data

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@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_hannah_001_jpg:file {filename: "RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_Costs_Hannah_001.jpg.ref.json", type: "Image/Asset with OCR"}

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

@hannah_costs_1731_collection:collection {title: "Hannah Costs 1731 Collection", creator: @major_mansfield, institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1731, language: "en", subjects: ["Negro Hannah", "Superior Court", "Costs", "New Haven County", "Legal Documents", "African American History"], description: "Collection of documents related to the costs associated with the case of Negro Hannah in the New Haven County Superior Court in 1731.", place: [@new_haven_county]}

@negro_hannah:person {description: "African American woman involved in a 1731 New Haven County Superior Court case"}

@major_mansfield:person {full_name: "Major Mansfield", role: ["Creator of collection", "Sheriff"]}

@mr_j_smith:person {full_name: "Mr J Smith", role: "Referenced in cost record"}

@p_r_hooper:person {full_name: "P R Hooper", role: "Assistant or clerk"}

@new_haven_superior_court:organization {jurisdiction: @new_haven_county, type: "Superior Court"}

@costs_hannah_001:document {title: "Costs for Negro Hannah", source_file: @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_hannah_001_jpg, created: @date_1731, language: "en"}

@costs_record:document {description: "Itemized cost entries from the 1731 case"}

@hannah_costs_1731_collection -> contains -> @costs_hannah_001

@costs_hannah_001 -> pertains to -> @negro_hannah

@costs_hannah_001 -> filed in -> @new_haven_superior_court

@costs_hannah_001 -> recorded by -> @major_mansfield

@costs_hannah_001 -> mentions -> @mr_j_smith

@costs_hannah_001 -> mentions -> @p_r_hooper

@costs_hannah_001 -> includes -> @costs_record

@costs_record -> items -> ["Committing the Negro Hannah: 0-4-0", "Failing sd Negros to Weasck: 2-0-0", "Summon 16 Grand Jurors: 0-8-0", "4 days holding the Court: 1-8-0", "Serving the Horse: 0-2-0", "Ver & Chains: 0-6-0", "1 Doz of Pigs: 0-1-0", "my time calling Mr J Smith: 0-3-0"] {total: "£4=12=6"}

@costs_hannah_001 -> dated -> @date_1731_09 {description: "September 1731"}

Metadata

Title
Hannah Costs 1731 Collection
Type
Collection
Creator
Major Mansfield
Institution
conneticut state library
Created
1731
Language
en
Subjects
Negro Hannah, Superior Court, Costs, New Haven County, Legal Documents, African American History
Place
New Haven County, Connecticut
Source
PINAX

Files (2)

RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_Costs_Hannah_001.jpgJPEG
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OCR Text

Superior Court To Committing the Negro Hannah 0-4-0 To Failing sd Negros to Weasck 2-0-0 To Summon 16 Grand Jurors 0-8-0 To 4 days holding the Court 1-8-0 To Serving the Horse 0-2-0 To the Ver & Chains 0-6-0 To 1 Doz of Pigs 0-1-0 To my time calling Mr J Smith 0-3-0 Majr Mansfield Sheriff 5x2x6 £4=12=6 4/12/16 allowed in Superior Court N Hannonfs. Septemb. year 1731 P R Hooper & Assist

RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_Costs_Hannah_001.tifTIFF
13.11 MB

Version History (4 versions)

  • ✓ v4 (current) · 12/3/2025, 7:22:07 PM
    "Added description"
  • v3 · 12/3/2025, 7:17:06 PM · View this version
    "Added knowledge graph extraction"
  • v2 · 12/3/2025, 7:14:32 PM · View this version
    "Added PINAX metadata"
  • v1 · 12/3/2025, 7:13:10 PM · View this version
    "Reorganization group: Hannah_Costs_1731"

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