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@file_pinax:file {type: "Metadata (PINAX)", title: "Inquest Documents Collection for Unnamed Black Man Found Drowned in Milford, 1771", creator: [@john_merrin, @jonas_green, @berg_y_greene, @bory_bull, @joseph_bryan, @grace_smith, @ann_tomlinson, @wm_con, @miles_merrin, @fitch_welch, @daniel_purn, @william_scott, @new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest, @lucy_ingram], institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1771_10_31, language: "en", subjects: [@inquest, @death_investigation, @drowning, @african_american_history, @milford_history, @legal_documents, @unknown_black_man, @negro], description: "Collection of documents related to the inquest of an unnamed Black man found drowned in Milford, Connecticut in 1771. Includes the jury's findings, certification, and related legal documents.", place: [@milford, @new_haven_county]}
@file_pinax -> metadata for -> [@unnamed_man_inquest, @inquest_jury_list_1771, @inquest_return_collection]
@bergy_greene:person {full_name: "Bergy Greene"}
@berg_y_greene:person {full_name: "Bergy Greene", role: "juror"}
@bergy_greene -> same as -> @berg_y_greene
@unknown_black_man:person {status: "deceased", race: "African American"}
@unnamed_negro_man:person {description: "Unnamed Black man who drowned at Pond Point, Milford in 1771"}
@unnamed_negro:person {description: "Unnamed Negro man referenced in a 1771 inquest in Milford"}
@unknown_black_man -> same as -> @unnamed_negro_man
@unknown_black_man -> same as -> @unnamed_negro
@certification_document:document {title: "Jury of Inquest Certification", date: @date_1771_10_31, subject: @drowning}
@inquest_document:document {type: "court record", content: "We the subscribers being summoned as a Jury of Inquest, and duly sworn, to enquire how a Negro Man found dead in Milford at a Place called Pond Point (his Name unknown) came to his Death, do find & judge that he was Casually drowned. Certified for Dated at Milford Octob: 31: 1771. New Haven County of Milford Oct' 31 - 1771 Be it remembered that the above Jury of Inquest as their Names subscribed were duly sworn according to law, and return the above order to me David Ingersoll his Office."}
@certification_document -> part of -> @inquest_document
@inquest_return_document:document {title: "Return Unknown Negro Milford 1771", creator: @lucy_ingram, date: @date_1771, location: @milford}
@inquest_return_document -> related to -> @certification_document
@inquest_return_document -> indexed by -> @subject_field
@david_ingersoll:person {full_name: "David Ingersoll", role: "clerk"}
@david_ingersoll -> clerk for -> @inquest_document
@new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest:organization {full_name: "New Haven County Jury of Inquest", jurisdiction: @new_haven_county}
@new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest -> member -> @john_merrin
@new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest -> member -> @jonas_green
@new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest -> member -> @berg_y_greene
@new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest -> member -> @bory_bull
@new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest -> member -> @joseph_bryan
@new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest -> member -> @grace_smith
@new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest -> member -> @ann_tomlinson
@new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest -> member -> @wm_con
@new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest -> member -> @miles_merrin
@new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest -> member -> @fitch_welch
@new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest -> member -> @daniel_purn
@new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest -> member -> @william_scott
@new_haven_county_jury_of_inquest -> created -> @inquest_jury_list_1771
@jury_of_inquest:event {date: @date_1771_10_31, location: @milford}
@jury_of_inquest -> had member -> [@john_merrin, @jonas_green, @bergy_greene, @bory_bull, @joseph_bryan, @grace_smith, @ann_tomlinson, @wm_con, @miles_merrin, @fitch_welch, @daniel_purn, @william_scott]
@jury_of_inquest -> produced -> @certification_document
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_unnamedman_001_jpg:file {type: "Image/Asset with OCR"}
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_unnamedman_001_jpg -> depicts -> @inquest_document
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_unnamedman_002_jpg:file {type: "Image/Asset with OCR"}
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_unnamedman_002_jpg -> depicts -> @inquest_return_document
@legal_documents:concept {full_name: "Legal documents"}
@subject_field:concept {name: "Subject", description: "Controlled terms or subject phrases assigned to each case/paper"}
@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:concept {description: "Subject-index field for New Haven County Superior Court Files – Black, African American, and Indigenous cases and papers"}
@unnamed_man_inquest -> indexed by -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject
@inquest_jury_list_1771 -> indexed by -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject
@inquest_return_collection -> indexed by -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject# Reorganization Summary The files were grouped based on their content and relationship to the 1771 inquest into the death of an unnamed Black man in Milford, CT. The primary grouping is by document type (full inquest documents, jury list, and return document), with all reference files kept with their corresponding original files. This maintains the contextual relationship between documents while allowing for specific sub-groupings when needed. ## Groups Created - **Inquest_Documents_UnnamedMan_1771**: Files related to the 1771 inquest into the death of an unnamed Black man in Milford, CT. Includes both the original documents and their reference files. - **Inquest_Jury_List_1771**: Files containing the list of jurors sworn for the 1771 inquest into the unnamed Black man's death. - **Inquest_Return_Document_1771**: Files containing the 'Return' document related to Lucy Ingram and the 1771 inquest.