Version: 4 (current) | Updated: 12/4/2025, 3:14:00 PM
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These images provide a primary source view of the financial record‑keeping practices of the New Haven Superior Court in the 1740s.
@costs_collection:collection {title: "Costs in the Case of Rex vs. Negro Cuff (1749) Collection", creator: @new_haven_county_superior_court, institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1749, language: "en", subjects: [@legal_documents, @court_costs, @black_african_american_and_indigenous_history, @criminal_case, @eighteenth_century_legal_records], place: @new_haven_connecticut}
@new_haven_county_superior_court:organization {full_name: "New Haven County Superior Court", record_group: "RG003"}
@connecticut_state_library:organization {full_name: "Connecticut State Library"}
@new_haven_connecticut:place {city: "New Haven", state: "Connecticut", country: @united_states}
@legal_documents:concept {description: "Legal documents"}
@court_costs:concept {description: "Court costs"}
@black_african_american_and_indigenous_history:concept {description: "Black, African American, and Indigenous History"}
@criminal_case:concept {description: "Criminal case"}
@eighteenth_century_legal_records:concept {description: "18th century legal records"}
@rex_vs_negro_cuff:case {year: @date_1749, court: @new_haven_county_superior_court, type: "Criminal case"}
@costs_collection -> includes case -> @rex_vs_negro_cuff
@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:concept {description: "Subject-index field for New Haven County Superior Court files involving Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals"}
@costs_collection -> indexed by -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject
@file_pinax -> documents -> @costs_collection
@rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_rexvsnegrocuff_001:image {ocr_text: "From Rev Coal &/ Cruf Ncpro\nCost Aller & Justice & Hlbbard £2:15:7 1/2\n7 Wtho fr travel 3 ndy Each 4:1\nferriage 5:3\nAttendances 3 days Each 2:16:0\nSent ons 2:0\nAttendances 3 Wtho fr 1 day 0:0\nWtho fr 1/4 2:11\n1 Do 3 mile 7:0\nInstruct me vado before Grand Jury 2.\nGrandjuron -\n2 Ctto fees for drking 3:6:0:0\nto Col Titch Commt for Phicovr 3:0:20\nCourt Clerk fees for entry 0:16:0\nWarrant the 1:1:0\nJury fees\nWw tenour 19:7:14\nTo Mr Jn Mix Bell for house\n& room fire &c for Grand Jury 19:15:11/2"}
@rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_rexvsnegrocuff_002:image {ocr_text: "N. Haven's Super Court, 5th Term\n1748/9 This bill allowed\nFst J. Bulkley one of the Judges\n\nCost de Cuff 1749\n\nCity Negro now given\nJohn Beck Pa'd"}
@rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_rexvsnegrocuff_001:image -> depicts -> @costs_collection
@rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_rexvsnegrocuff_002:image -> depicts -> @costs_collection
@judge_bulkley:person {full_name: "J. Bulkley", role: "Judge"}
@john_beck:person {full_name: "John Beck"}
@mr_jn_mix_bell:person {full_name: "Mr. Jn Mix Bell", role: "Recipient of house and room fire compensation"}
@judge_bulkley -> served as -> @new_haven_county_superior_court
@john_beck -> paid -> @rex_vs_negro_cuff
@mr_jn_mix_bell -> received compensation for -> @rex_vs_negro_cuff
@date_1749
@date_1748_09From Rev Coal &/ Cruf Ncpro Cost Aller & Justice & Hlbbard £2:15:7 1/2 7 Wtho fr travel 3 ndy Each 4:1 ferriage 5:3 Attendances 3 days Each 2:16:0 Sent ons 2:0 Attendances 3 Wtho fr 1 day 0:0 Wtho fr 1/4 2:11 1 Do 3 mile 7:0 Instruct me vado before Grand Jury 2. Grandjuron - 2 Ctto fees for drking 3:6:0:0 to Col Titch Commt for Phicovr 3:0:20 Court Clerk fees for entry 0:16:0 Warrant the 1:1:0 Jury fees Ww tenour 19:7:14 To Mr Jn Mix Bell for house & room fire &c for Grand Jury 19:15:11/2
N. Haven's Super Court, 5th Term 1748/9 This bill allowed Fst J. Bulkley one of the Judges Cost de Cuff 1749 City Negro now given John Beck Pa'd
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