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Abraham Auger and Negro Tom Court Expenses Collection

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Description

Abraham Auger and Negro Tom Court Expenses Collection

Overview

The Abraham Auger and Negro Tom Court Expenses Collection is a small archival unit held by the Connecticut State Library. It comprises court expense documents from the New Haven County Superior Court dated January 29, 1790. The collection is part of the library’s NHSC BAAI (Black, African American, and Indigenous History) project, which indexes and preserves court records that involve African American and Indigenous individuals. The unit is catalogued in English and contains a single Shyner Bill, a colonial Connecticut instrument used to record the payment of court costs.

Background

The New Haven County Superior Court was the principal trial court in Connecticut during the late 18th century. In 1790, Abraham Auger and a person identified only as “Negro Tom” were parties to a legal proceeding that generated court expense records. The Shyner Bill, the primary document in the collection, is a formal bill of costs issued by the court. The collection was created by Abraham Auger and is now preserved by the Connecticut State Library as part of the NHSC BAAI retrospective on Black, African American, and Indigenous legal history.

Contents

  • Shyner Bill (January 29, 1790) – A printed bill of court costs, reproduced in both JPEG and TIFF formats. The image shows the bill’s title, date, and the phrase “A Shyner Bill.”
  • Metadata – The collection is linked to the NHSC BAAI Cases Papers Subject index, which assigns controlled subject terms such as court expenses, legal documents, African American history, and New Haven County Superior Court.
  • Supporting files – A PINAX metadata file and OCR‑enabled image files provide searchable text for the Shyner Bill.

Scope

The collection covers a single date in early colonial Connecticut and focuses on a specific legal transaction involving an African American individual. It is geographically bound to New Haven County, Connecticut, and is relevant to scholars of early American legal history, court economics, and African American history. The unit is not restricted by rights and is available for research and digitization purposes.

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Raw Cheimarros Data

@abraham_auger:person {full_name: "Abraham Auger"}

@negro_tom:person {full_name: "Negro Tom"}

@connecticut_state_library:organization {location: @connecticut}

@connecticut:place {country: @united_states}

@new_haven_county:place {state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}

@new_haven_county_superior_court:organization {location: @new_haven_county, type: "Superior Court"}

@court_expenses_collection:document {title: "Abraham Auger and Negro Tom Court Expenses Collection", creator: @abraham_auger, institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1790_01_29, language: "en", description: "Collection of court expense documents related to Abraham Auger and Negro Tom from January 29, 1790"}

@court_expenses:concept {label: "Court expenses"}

@legal_documents:concept {label: "Legal documents"}

@african_american_history:concept {label: "African American history"}

@new_haven_superior_court:concept {label: "New Haven County Superior Court"}

@court_expenses_collection -> subject -> [@court_expenses, @legal_documents, @african_american_history, @new_haven_superior_court]

@file_pinax:file {filename: "pinax.json", type: "Metadata (PINAX)"}

@file_pinax -> describes -> @court_expenses_collection

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_courtexpenses_augerabraham_negrotom_002_jpg:file {filename: "RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_CourtExpenses_AugerAbraham_NegroTom_002.jpg.ref.json", type: "Image/Asset with OCR"}

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_courtexpenses_augerabraham_negrotom_002_tif:file {filename: "RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_CourtExpenses_AugerAbraham_NegroTom_002.tif.ref.json", type: "Image/Asset with OCR"}

@shyner_bill:document {title: "Shyner Bill", date: @date_1790_01_29, content: "A Shyner Bill"}

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_courtexpenses_augerabraham_negrotom_002_jpg -> image of -> @shyner_bill

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:concept {description: "Subject index field for New Haven County Superior Court files concerning Black, African American, and Indigenous cases and papers"}

@new_haven_county_superior_court -> has subject index -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject

@court_expenses_collection -> indexed by -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject

Metadata

Title
Abraham Auger and Negro Tom Court Expenses Collection
Type
Collection
Creator
Abraham Auger
Institution
Connecticut State Library
Created
1790-01-29
Language
en
Subjects
Court expenses, Legal documents, African American history, New Haven County Superior Court
Place
New Haven County, Connecticut
Source
PINAX

Files (2)

RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_CourtExpenses_AugerAbraham_NegroTom_002.jpgJPEG
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OCR Text

A Shyner Bill January 29, 1790

RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_CourtExpenses_AugerAbraham_NegroTom_002.tifTIFF
46.48 MB

Version History (4 versions)

  • ✓ v4 (current) · 12/4/2025, 3:14:50 PM
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    "Added knowledge graph extraction"
  • v2 · 12/4/2025, 6:37:19 AM · View this version
    "Added PINAX metadata"
  • v1 · 12/4/2025, 6:25:16 AM · View this version
    "Reorganization group: ShynerBill_1790"

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