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William Post Case Documents

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William Post Case Documents

Overview

The William Post Case Documents is a digital collection held by the Connecticut State Library. It comprises scanned records from the New Haven County Superior Court, specifically the case involving litigant William Post. The collection is part of the New Haven County Superior Court Black, African American, and Indigenous (BAAI) Project and is indexed under the NHSC BAAI Cases Papers Subject field. The materials are presented in English and include both image files (JPEG and TIFF) and associated metadata.

Background

The New Haven County Superior Court files (Record Group 3) are a primary source for legal history in Connecticut. The BAAI Project, funded by the National Historical Preservation Grants, aims to digitize and describe cases that involve Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals. William Post’s case, which touches on issues of costs and gaol breakers, was selected for inclusion because it illustrates the legal challenges faced by marginalized communities in the early twentieth‑century court system. The collection was created by the Connecticut State Library’s digitization team, though the exact year of digitization is not recorded in the metadata.

Contents

The collection contains a single page from the case docket, captured in both JPEG and TIFF formats (file names: RG003NHSCBAAIPSCostsGaolBreakers002.jpg and RG003NHSCBAAIPSCostsGaolBreakers002.tif). Optical Character Recognition (OCR) text extracted from the image reads: “The William Post said to be allowed by Sup Court.” The metadata associates the document with the following subjects: Legal Documents, New Haven County Superior Court, Black, African American, and Indigenous History, Gaol Breakers, and Costs. The collection is linked to the broader NHSC BAAI Cases Papers Subject index, which tracks case topics and parties.

Scope

The collection covers a single case from the New Haven County Superior Court, focusing on the litigant William Post. It is geographically limited to New Haven County, Connecticut, and temporally constrained to the period when the case was filed (exact dates not specified). The collection is relevant to scholars of legal history, African American and Indigenous studies, and criminal justice. It does not include ancillary documents such as affidavits, transcripts, or related case files beyond the one-page docket entry.

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