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Caleb Ford's Court Expenses for Joseph Mountain, 1790

Version: 4 (current) | Updated: 12/4/2025, 3:14:46 PM

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Description

Caleb Ford’s Court Expenses for Joseph Mountain, 1790

Overview

This collection is a single court‑expense bill dated 26 May 1790 issued in New Haven, Connecticut. It is held by the Connecticut State Library and is part of the NHSC BAAI Cases Papers Subject project, which indexes New Haven County Superior Court files that involve Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals. The collection is presented as a set of digitised images (JPEG and TIFF) of the original bill, accompanied by a PINAX metadata record that supplies descriptive and subject information.

Background

The bill was prepared by Caleb Ford, a court clerk/contractor, for services rendered in the case of Joseph Mountain, who was the defendant. The State of Connecticut paid Ford $1 for the court‑expense work, and the bill itemises two specific services: chaining of Joseph Mountain (£0:12:0) and “taking off and flattening on five times” (£0:15:0). The total billed amount is £1:7:0. The bill was witnessed by Chas Chauncey. The document reflects the administrative practices of the late‑18th‑century New Haven judicial system and is preserved as part of a broader effort to recover and contextualise court records that touch on African American and Indigenous histories in Connecticut.

Contents

  • Digital images: Two high‑resolution JPEGs (≈ 217 KB and 264 KB) and two TIFFs (≈ 16–17 MB) of the original bill, each containing the same text and layout.
  • Metadata: A PINAX JSON file that records the bill’s title, creator, institution, date, language, subjects, and provenance.
  • Subject terms: “Court expenses,” “Legal documents,” “Historical records,” and “Black, African American, and Indigenous history.”

The images capture the bill’s layout, including the State’s payment line, the service descriptions, the total amount, and the witness notation.

Scope

The collection covers a single event on 26 May 1790 in New Haven, Connecticut. It documents the financial transaction between the State and Caleb Ford for court‑related services in the Joseph Mountain case. The material is relevant to scholars of early Connecticut legal history, court administration, and the economic roles of African American and Indigenous individuals in the colonial judiciary. No additional documents, such as court transcripts or case files, are included in this collection.

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Raw Cheimarros Data

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@ford_caleb:person {full_name: "Caleb Ford", role: "Court clerk / contractor"}

@mountain_joseph:person {full_name: "Joseph Mountain", role: "Defendant"}

@new_haven:place {city: "New Haven", state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}

@connecticut:place {type: "state", country: @united_states}

@ct_state_library:organization {full_name: "Connecticut State Library"}

@nhsc:organization {full_name: "New Haven County Superior Court Files", abbreviation: "NHSC"}

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@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"}

@state_of_connecticut:organization {full_name: "State of Connecticut"}

@chas_chauncey:person {full_name: "Chas Chauncey", role: "Witness or official"}

@court_expenses_collection -> created by -> @ford_caleb

@court_expenses_collection -> held by -> @ct_state_library

@court_expenses_collection -> concerns -> @mountain_joseph

@court_expenses_collection -> location -> @new_haven

@court_expenses_collection -> part of project -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject

@state_of_connecticut -> paid -> @ford_caleb {amount: "$1", when: @date_1790_05_26, for: "court expenses"}

@ford_caleb -> charged -> @mountain_joseph {service: "chaining", amount: "£0:12:0", when: @date_1790_05_26}

@ford_caleb -> charged -> @mountain_joseph {service: "taking off and flattening on five times", amount: "£0:15:0", when: @date_1790_05_26}

@ford_caleb -> total billed -> @ford_caleb {amount: "£1:7:0", when: @date_1790_05_26}

@ford_caleb -> witnessed by -> @chas_chauncey

@file_pinax:file {title: "Caleb Ford's Court Expenses for Joseph Mountain, 1790", type: "Metadata (PINAX)"}

@file_pinax -> documents -> @court_expenses_collection

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@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_courtexpenses_fordcaleb_mountainjoseph_001_jpg -> OCR text -> "New Haven May 26, 1790\nState of Connecticut to Caleb Ford $1\nto Chaining Joseph Mountain £0:12:0\nto taking off and flattening on five times £0:15:0\nCaleb Ford £1:7:0\nFaced - Chas Chauncey"

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@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_courtexpenses_fordcaleb_mountainjoseph_002_jpg -> OCR text -> "Caleb Ford's\nBill.\nA 1790"

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Metadata

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OCR Text

New Haven May 26, 1790 State of Connecticut to Caleb Ford $1 to Chaining Joseph Mountain £0:12:0 to taking off and flattening on five times £0:15:0 Caleb Ford £1:7:0 Faced - Chas Chauncey

Version History (4 versions)

  • ✓ v4 (current) · 12/4/2025, 3:14:46 PM
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  • v1 · 12/4/2025, 6:25:52 AM · View this version
    "Reorganization group: FordCaleb_MountainJoseph_CourtExpenses_1790"

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