Version: 6 (current) | Updated: 12/4/2025, 3:26:08 PM
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@connecticut_state_library:organization {full_name: "Connecticut State Library"}
@new_haven_county_superior_court:organization {location: @new_haven_county}
@legal_documents:concept {description: "Documents pertaining to legal proceedings"}
@prisoner_boarding:concept {description: "Expenses for lodging and meals of prisoners"}
@indigenous_history:concept {description: "Historical study of Indigenous peoples"}
@sarah_balfour_lewis:person {full_name: "Sarah Balfour Lewis"}
@andrew_rhodes:person {full_name: "Andrew Rhodes"}
@daniel_osborne:person {full_name: "Daniel Osborne"}
@nathan_black:person {full_name: "Nathan Black"}
@john_griffith:person {full_name: "John Griffith"}
@noah_brooks:person {full_name: "Noah Brooks"}
@prine_nigw:person {full_name: "Prine Nigw"}
@alby:person {full_name: "Alby"}
@emma:person {full_name: "Emma"}
@file_pinax -> describes -> @court_expenses_collection
@court_expenses_collection -> created by -> [@state_of_connecticut, @abraham_auger, @caleb_ford, @fitch_jos_m, @mountain_joseph, @joseph_peck, @gadson, @joseph_dickey, @prince_perkins]
@court_expenses_collection -> created {start: @date_1790, end: @date_1795}
@court_expenses_collection -> subject -> [@court_expenses, @prisoners, @prisoner_boarding, @executions, @legal_documents, @black_african_american_and_indigenous_history, @african_american_history, @indigenous_history, @boarding_expenses, @bibles]
@court_expenses_collection -> includes -> [@court_expenses_augur_abraham, @mountain_execution_expenses, @joseph_peck_expenses_1790, @gadsons_bible_collection]
@court_expenses_collection -> indexed by -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject
@court_expenses_collection -> location -> @new_haven
@court_expenses_collection -> part of -> @new_haven_county_superior_court_files
@abraham_auger -> appears in -> @court_expenses_collection
@negro_tom -> appears in -> @court_expenses_collection
@caleb_ford -> appears in -> @court_expenses_collection
@fitch_jos_m -> appears in -> @court_expenses_collection
@mountain_joseph -> appears in -> @court_expenses_collection
@joseph_peck -> appears in -> @court_expenses_collection
@gadson -> appears in -> @court_expenses_collection
@joseph_dickey -> appears in -> @court_expenses_collection
@prince_perkins -> appears in -> @court_expenses_collection
@new_haven_county_superior_court_files -> has field -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject
@new_haven_county_superior_court_files -> part of -> @new_haven_county_superior_court
@new_haven_county_superior_court -> located in -> @new_haven_county
@new_haven_county -> part of -> @connecticut
@connecticut -> part of -> @united_states
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**SYNTHESIS**
The @court_expenses_collection aggregates expense records from multiple individual cases documented across the subdirectories (e.g., @court_expenses_augur_abraham, @mountain_execution_expenses, @joseph_peck_expenses_1790, @gadsons_bible_collection). It is indexed by the shared subject field @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject, linking the collection to the broader New Haven County Superior Court “Black, African American, and Indigenous History” project. All creators—state officials and private individuals such as @abraham_auger, @caleb_ford, @fitch_jos_m, @mountain_joseph, @joseph_peck, @gadson, @joseph_dickey, and @prince_perkins—appear in multiple source files, demonstrating a network of actors involved in court‑related financial transactions between 1790 and 1795. The collection’s subjects span court expenses, prisoner boarding, executions, legal documents, and broader BAAI historical themes, illustrating the interdisciplinary scope of the project.