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@file_pinax:file {title: "New Haven County Superior Court Inquest Records, 1748", type: "Collection", creator: [@william_pickett, @tho_gibb, @samuel_ouattamens, @stephen_caldwell, @cl_bennet, @james_davidson, @john_miles, @john_mervin_jnr, @leslie_mallib, @joshua_conwell, @joseph_bryan, @miles_mervin, @john_fawler, @new_haven_county_superior_court], institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1748, language: "en", subjects: ["Inquest","Death investigation","Drowning","African American history","Black history","Legal documents","New Haven County","Milford","Slave records"], description: "Collection of documents related to inquests conducted by the New Haven County Superior Court in 1748, including the inquest into the death of Quommong (also referred to as Quenmaney), a young Black man who drowned in Milford, Connecticut, and the inquest on Suddon and Coeke, a Negro man.", place: [@milford, @new_haven_county]}
@file_pinax -> documents -> @inquest_quommong_1748:event
@file_pinax -> documents -> @inquest_suddon_coeke:event
@inquest_quommong_1748:event -> indexed under -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject
@inquest_suddon_coeke:event -> indexed under -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject
@william_pickett -> contributed to -> @file_pinax
@tho_gibb -> contributed to -> @file_pinax
@samuel_ouattamens -> contributed to -> @file_pinax
@stephen_caldwell -> contributed to -> @file_pinax
@cl_bennet -> contributed to -> @file_pinax
@james_davidson -> contributed to -> @file_pinax
@john_miles -> contributed to -> @file_pinax
@john_mervin_jnr -> contributed to -> @file_pinax
@leslie_mallib -> contributed to -> @file_pinax
@joshua_conwell -> contributed to -> @file_pinax
@joseph_bryan -> contributed to -> @file_pinax
@miles_mervin -> contributed to -> @file_pinax
@john_fawler -> contributed to -> @file_pinax
@new_haven_county_superior_court -> contributed to -> @file_pinax
@inquest_quommong_1748:event -> involved -> @quommong
@inquest_quommong_1748:event -> overseen by -> @john_fawler
@inquest_quommong_1748:event -> summoned by -> @jw_fawler_constable
@inquest_quommong_1748:event -> had jury -> [@william_pickett, @tho_gibb, @samuel_ouattamens, @stephen_caldwell, @cl_bennet, @james_davidson, @john_miles, @john_mervin_jnr, @leslie_mallib, @joshua_conwell, @joseph_bryan, @miles_mervin, @willm_jullitt_the_gill, @sam_l_dratt_junr, @stephen_baldwin, @charles_bennett, @quincy_davidson, @john_mott, @lewis_mullett, @joshua_rowell, @jos_bryen, @miley_mervin_junr]
@inquest_suddon_coeke:event -> participants -> [@suddon, @coeke]
@new_haven_county_superior_court -> recorded -> @inquest_suddon_coeke:event
@inquest_quommong_1748:event -> subject -> "death investigation"
@inquest_suddon_coeke:event -> subject -> "Negro man inquest"
@inquest_quommong_1748:event -> location -> @milford
@inquest_suddon_coeke:event -> location -> @milford
@inquest_quommong_1748:event -> date -> @date_1748_07_09
@inquest_suddon_coeke:event -> date -> @date_1748_07
@file_pinax -> indexed under -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject
---# Reorganization Summary Files were grouped by the specific inquest case they document, as indicated by both filename patterns and OCR content. The primary division is between the Quommong/Quenmaney case (002 and 001 files) and the Suddon & coeke case (003 files). Each group includes both JPEG and TIFF versions of the documents along with their reference files. This organization preserves the archival relationship between different file formats of the same document while maintaining clear separation between distinct legal cases. ## Groups Created - **Inquest_on_Quommong_1748**: Documents related to the inquest into the death of Quommong (also referred to as Quenmaney), a young Black man who drowned in Milford in July 1748. - **Inquest_on_Suddon_and_coeke_1748**: Documents related to the inquest into the death of Suddon & coeke, an elderly Black man in Milford in July 1748.