New Haven County Superior Court Partition and Land Cases Collection

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Description

New Haven County Superior Court Costs and Fees Collection (1794)

Overview

This archival item is a concise record of the monetary outlays associated with the 1794 land‑partition case Clark vs Prudden in the New Haven County Superior Court. It consists of a single ledger image (both JPEG and TIFF) and an OCR‑derived text file reproducing the ledger’s entries. The material is catalogued under the subject‑index field NHSCBAAICasesPapersSubject, linking it to the broader NHSC BAAI initiative that indexes court files relevant to Black, African American, and Indigenous histories in Connecticut.

Background

The ledger was produced by the New Haven County Superior Court in 1794 and preserved by the Connecticut State Library as part of the New Haven County Superior Court project. The NHSC BAAI effort seeks to identify and describe cases involving African American and Indigenous individuals; the Clark vs Prudden ledger provides a granular view of the financial aspects of a land‑partition dispute that intersected with the region’s early colonial legal practices.

Contents

  • Ledger Image – A high‑resolution JPEG and TIFF of the original cost sheet, showing line items such as “Writ,” “Office,” “Travel,” “Attorneys Fees,” and “Court of Jury.”
  • OCR Text – A machine‑read transcription of the ledger, preserving the ledger’s numeric and textual details.
  • Metadata – The collection is in English, dated 1794, and tied to the New Haven County jurisdiction.

The ledger offers a snapshot of the court’s financial administration for a single case, illustrating the types of fees and costs that litigants incurred during the late 18th‑century legal process.

Scope

The collection covers only the 1794 cost ledger for the Clark vs Prudden land‑partition case. It does not include other court costs, subsequent appeals, or related financial documents. The material is limited to the English language and is restricted to the single ledger entry and its OCR transcription. This focused dataset is valuable for scholars examining the economic dimensions of early Connecticut court proceedings and the fiscal burdens borne by litigants in land‑partition disputes.

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Raw Cheimarros Data

@enock_clark:person {full_name: "Enock Clark"}

@sarah_clark:person {full_name: "Sarah Clark"}

@samuel_prudden:person {full_name: "Samuel Prudden"}

@peter_prudden:person {full_name: "Peter Prudden"}

@david_prudden:person {full_name: "David Prudden"}

@new_haven_county_superior_court:organization {full_name: "New Haven County Superior Court"}

@connecticut_state_library:organization {full_name: "Connecticut State Library"}

@new_haven_county:place {name: "New Haven County", region: @connecticut}

@milford_conn:place {name: "Milford", state: @connecticut}

@fair_milford_conn:place {name: "Fair Milford", state: @connecticut}

@buckingham_hill:place {name: "Buckingham Hill", state: @connecticut}

@four_mile_meadows:place {name: "Four Mile Meadows", state: @connecticut}

@connecticut:place {name: "Connecticut", country: @united_states}

@clark_vs_prudden_collection:collection {description: "Legal documents, writs, summons, and court proceedings concerning land partition cases in New Haven County, Connecticut, with emphasis on Black, African American, and Indigenous history."}

@file_pinax:file {title: "New Haven County Superior Court Partition and Land Cases Collection", creator: [@enock_clark, @sarah_clark, @samuel_prudden, @peter_prudden, @david_prudden, @new_haven_county_superior_court], institution: @connecticut_state_library, created_range: {start: @date_1775, end: @date_1794}, language: "en", description: "Collection of legal documents, writs, summons, and court proceedings related to land partition cases in New Haven County, Connecticut, involving inheritance and property rights, focusing on Black, African American, and Indigenous history.", source: "PINAX", place: [@new_haven_county, @milford_conn, @fair_milford_conn, @buckingham_hill, @four_mile_meadows, @connecticut]}

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:concept {description: "Subject index field for Black, African American, and Indigenous cases and papers in New Haven County Superior Court files"}

@new_haven_county_superior_court_project:project {focus: "Black, African American, and Indigenous History", abbreviation: "NHSC_BAAI"}

@file_pinax -> documents -> @clark_vs_prudden_collection

@enock_clark -> creator of -> @clark_vs_prudden_collection

@sarah_clark -> creator of -> @clark_vs_prudden_collection

@samuel_prudden -> creator of -> @clark_vs_prudden_collection

@peter_prudden -> creator of -> @clark_vs_prudden_collection

@david_prudden -> creator of -> @clark_vs_prudden_collection

@new_haven_county_superior_court -> creator of -> @clark_vs_prudden_collection

@clark_vs_prudden_collection -> has subject -> [@land_partition, @legal_documents, @real_property, @land_boundaries, @inheritance, @legal_proceedings, @writ_and_summons, @legal_fees, @court_costs]

@clark_vs_prudden_collection -> associated with place -> [@new_haven_county, @milford_conn, @fair_milford_conn, @buckingham_hill, @four_mile_meadows]

@clark_vs_prudden_collection -> indexed by -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject

@file_pinax -> indexed by -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject

@file_pinax -> part of -> @new_haven_county_superior_court_project

@file_pinax -> has subject -> [@land_partition, @legal_documents, @real_property, @land_boundaries, @inheritance, @legal_proceedings, @writ_and_summons, @legal_fees, @court_costs]

@new_haven_county_superior_court_project -> includes collection -> @clark_vs_prudden_collection

@new_haven_county_superior_court_project -> focus -> "Black, African American, and Indigenous History"

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