Timothy Wooster Esq. Costs Document Collection
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Description
Timothy Wooster Esq. Costs Document Collection
Overview
The collection is a set of 18th‑century documents relating to the probate of Timothy Wooster’s last will, presented before the New Haven Superior Court in March 1733. It is held by the Connecticut State Library and is part of the New Haven County Superior Court (NHSC) Black, African American, and Indigenous History (BAAI) project. The materials are in English and include a scanned image of the costs ledger and associated textual notes.Background
Timothy Wooster, an esquire of Tobee, died in early 1733. His will was submitted for probate in the New Haven Superior Court, a court that handled civil and probate matters for New Haven County. The BAAI initiative seeks to digitize and index court files that involve Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals; this collection is indexed under the NHSC BAAI Cases Papers Subject field. The costs ledger was prepared by John Riggs Esq. and authorized by attorney Joseph Whiting.Contents
The collection contains:- The will of Timothy Wooster, titled “Timothy Wooster Esq. of Tobee’s Last Will.”
- A costs ledger (image format) that itemizes legal expenses: travel to probate (0‑6‑8), attendance (0‑4‑0), attorney’s fee (0‑10‑0), travel to the Superior Court (0‑3‑4), attendance over three days (0‑6‑0), and two additional attorney fees (2‑0‑0).
- OCR‑derived text summarizing the ledger and noting the court’s March 1733 hearing.
Scope
The collection covers a single probate proceeding in March 1733, located in New Haven County, Connecticut. It focuses on legal costs and probate documentation, with no broader coverage of other court cases or unrelated legal matters. The materials are relevant to scholars of early American probate law, colonial Connecticut history, and the BAAI project’s thematic focus on Black, African American, and Indigenous legal history.Entities
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Raw Cheimarros Data
@wooster_costs_collection:collection {title: "Timothy Wooster Esq. Costs Document Collection", creator: @timothy_wooster, institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1733_03, language: "en", subjects: ["Legal costs", "Probate", "New Haven County Superior Court", "Black, African American, and Indigenous History"], description: "Collection containing documents related to the costs associated with the probate of Timothy Wooster Esq.'s last will, presented in the New Haven Superior Court in March 1733.", place: ["New Haven County", @connecticut]}
@timothy_wooster:person {full_name: "Timothy Wooster Esq.", occupation: "Esquire"}
@john_riggs:person {full_name: "John Riggs Esq.", occupation: "Esquire"}
@joseph_whiting:person {full_name: "Jos: Whiting", role: "Attorney"}
@new_haven_superior_court:place {city: @new_haven, jurisdiction: "New Haven County", type: "Superior Court"}
@wooster_last_will:document {title: "Timothy Wooster Esq. of Tobee's Last Will", type: "Will", presented_in: @new_haven_superior_court, date_presented: @date_1733_03, related_costs: @costs_document}
@costs_document:document {source: @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_wooster_001_jpg, format: "OCR text", content_summary: "Itemized legal costs for probate including travel, attendance, attorney fees", travel_cost: "1/2 Count of probate twice 0-6-8", attendance_cost: "attendance each time 0-4-0", attorney_fee: "attorney's fee 0-10-0", travel_to_sup_court: "travel to 1/2 Sup'd Court 0-3-4", attendance_days: "attendance 3 days 0-6-0", additional_attorney_fees: "2 attorney's fees 2-0-0"}
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_wooster_001_jpg:file {type: "image", format: "jpg", related_document: @costs_document, ocr_text: "Timothy Wooster Esq. of Tobee's Last Will\nhis bill of Coft & John Riggs Esq.\nx Travel to 1/2 Count of probate twice 0-6-8\nx attendance each time 0-4-0\nx attorney's fee 0-10-0\ntravel to 1/2 Sup'd Court 0-3-4\nattendance 3 days 0-6-0\nx 2 attorney's fees 2-0-0\n2 = 9 = 4\n\nNew Haven Super Court March 1732/3\nallowed in Court by Jos: Whiting Att'nt"}
@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:concept {description: "Subject-heading field for New Haven County Superior Court files involving Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals"}
@wooster_costs_collection -> contains -> @wooster_last_will
@wooster_costs_collection -> contains -> @costs_document
@wooster_costs_collection -> indexed by -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject
@wooster_last_will -> involves -> [@timothy_wooster, @john_riggs, @joseph_whiting]
@costs_document -> derived from -> @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_wooster_001_jpgMetadata
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OCR Text
Timothy Wooster Esq. of Tobee's Last Will his bill of Coft & John Riggs Esq. x Travel to 1/2 Count of probate twice 0-6-8 x attendance each time 0-4-0 x attorney's fee 0-10-0 travel to 1/2 Sup'd Court 0-3-4 attendance 3 days 0-6-0 x 2 attorney's fees 2-0-0 2 = 9 = 4 New Haven Super Court March 1732/3 allowed in Court by Jos: Whiting Att'nt
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"Reorganization group: Wooster_Costs_1733"
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