New Haven County Superior Court BAAI Case Costs Collection

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Description

New Haven County Superior Court BAAI Case Costs Collection

Overview

The New Haven County Superior Court BAAI Case Costs Collection is a digitized archive of colonial court documents from 1741 that detail the financial aspects of civil proceedings involving Black, African American, and Indigenous parties. The collection is held by the Connecticut State Library and is part of the “Black, African American, and Indigenous History” (BAAI) initiative, which indexes and preserves court records that touch on these communities. It contains two primary items: the cost ledger for the 1741 civil case Mixes vs. OXX and the court’s approval of a Bill of Lotts.

Background

The original paper records were produced by the New Haven County Superior Court, the chief judicial body for the region during the colonial era. The Connecticut State Library acquired the documents in the 20th century and, under a National Historical Records Preservation Center grant, digitized them for preservation and scholarly use. The BAAI project focuses on extracting and contextualizing records that involve Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals, and both items in this collection meet that criterion.

Contents

  • Mixes vs. OXX Case Costs 1741 – a high‑resolution JPEG and TIFF scan of the ledger page, showing itemized fees (e.g., former cost, days of “tendance,” summons and officer fees, travel, and attorney fees). An OCR‑derived text file reproduces the ledger’s contents.
  • Bill of Lotts Approval (1740/1, approved 1741) – a JPEG and TIFF scan of the court’s approval document, accompanied by OCR text that records the date, judge, and approval details.
  • Metadata – includes title, creator, institution, date, language, subjects, and place.
  • Indexing – the collection is indexed under the NHSCBAAICasesPapersSubject concept, linking it to other BAAI case files.

Scope

The collection focuses narrowly on the financial records of two 1741 documents from New Haven County, Connecticut. It does not include full court transcripts, dockets, or related correspondence; it is limited to the cost ledger for Mixes vs. OXX and the Bill of Lotts approval. The material offers a snapshot of colonial legal cost structures in civil proceedings involving Black or Indigenous parties.

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Raw Cheimarros Data

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Metadata

Title
New Haven County Superior Court BAAI Case Costs Collection
Type
Collection
Creator
New Haven County Superior Court
Institution
Connecticut State Library
Created
1741
Language
en
Subjects
Legal costs, Court cases, Historical documents, New Haven County, Black, African American, and Indigenous History, Legal documents, Court records, Colonial America
Place
New Haven County, Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut
Source
PINAX

Version History (9 versions)

  • ✓ v9 (current) · 12/4/2025, 3:22:08 PM
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    "Added PINAX metadata"
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    "Reorganized into 2 groups"
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  • v3 · 12/4/2025, 6:15:19 AM · View this version
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Additional Components

reorganization-description.txt
# Reorganization Summary

Files were grouped into two distinct categories based on their content: (1) The Mixes vs OXX case cost documents showing detailed court expenses, and (2) The bill of lotts approval document from the same court session. Each group contains both the original image files and their corresponding reference files (.ref.json). The grouping reflects two separate but contemporaneous court documents from New Haven Superior Court in 1740/1.

## Groups Created

- **Mixes_vs_OXX_Case_Costs_1741**: Documents related to the cost accounting in the Mixes vs OXX case from 1741, including itemized expenses and court fees.
- **Bill_of_Lotts_Approval_1741**: Document showing approval of a bill of lotts by a judge in New Haven Superior Court in February 1740/1.

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