Rex vs. Negro Cuff Case Collection

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Description

Rex vs. Negro Cuff Case Costs Collection

Overview

This collection is a digitized set of two high‑resolution TIFF images that reproduce the original cost ledger for the criminal case Rex vs. Negro Cuff (1749) heard in the New Haven County Superior Court. The material is held by the Connecticut State Library as part of Record Group 3 (New Haven County Superior Court) and is catalogued under the NHSC BAAI Cases Papers Subject, indicating its relevance to Black, African American, and Indigenous history.

Background

The case was heard during the 5th term of the 1748‑49 fiscal year, presided over by Judge J. Bulkley. The ledger reflects the court’s accounting practices for criminal proceedings in the late eighteenth century. The Connecticut State Library’s New Haven Court Project has digitized these records to support research into early American legal history, court economics, and the experiences of African‑American litigants in colonial Connecticut.

Contents

  • RG003NHSCBAAIPSCostsRexvsNegroCuff001.tif – 16 MB scan of the first ledger page, accompanied by an OCR reference file. The page lists itemized expenses such as travel, ferriage, attendances, jury fees, court clerk fees, and compensation to Mr. Jn Mix Bell for a house‑and‑room fire.
  • RG003NHSCBAAIPSCostsRexvsNegroCuff002.tif – 16 MB scan of the second ledger page, also with OCR metadata. This page records the court’s 5th‑term session, the judge, the case title, and payments made by John Beck.

Both images are available through the library’s PINAX interface and are in the public domain.

Scope

The collection covers the fiscal aspects of a single criminal proceeding in 1749, located in New Haven, Connecticut. It is limited to cost documentation and does not include the full court record, trial transcript, or related correspondence. The material is in English and is of particular interest to scholars of early American legal history, court economics, and African‑American history.

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Additional Components

reorganization-description.txt
# Reorganization Summary

Files were grouped thematically by content (1749 court costs documentation) and technically by format (high-resolution archival scans). This maintains both historical context and preservation needs while avoiding redundancy. The filenames' consistency confirms all materials relate to the same case (Rex vs. Negro Cuff), making date-based or case-based subgroups unnecessary.

## Groups Created

- **Costs_RexvsNegroCuff_1749**: Files related to the 1749 court costs in the case Rex vs. Negro Cuff, including itemized expenses and approvals.
- **HighResolution_Scans_RexvsNegroCuff**: High-resolution TIFF scans of the court documents, preserving archival quality for the Rex vs. Negro Cuff case.

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