Version: 4 (current) | Updated: 12/4/2025, 3:14:46 PM
Added description
The images capture the bill’s layout, including the State’s payment line, the service descriptions, the total amount, and the witness notation.
@court_expenses_collection:collection {title: "Caleb Ford's Court Expenses for Joseph Mountain, 1790", creator: @ford_caleb, institution: @ct_state_library, created: @date_1790_05_26, subjects: ["Court expenses", "Legal documents", "Historical records", "Black, African American, and Indigenous history"]}
@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"}
@baai:concept {description: "Black, African American, and Indigenous history"}
@cases_papers:concept {description: "Case files and related papers of New Haven County Superior Court"}
@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"
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_courtexpenses_fordcaleb_mountainjoseph_001_jpg -> part of -> @court_expenses_collection
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@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_courtexpenses_fordcaleb_mountainjoseph_002_jpg -> OCR text -> "Caleb Ford's\nBill.\nA 1790"
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_courtexpenses_fordcaleb_mountainjoseph_002_jpg -> part of -> @court_expenses_collection
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@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_courtexpenses_fordcaleb_mountainjoseph_001_tif -> part of -> @court_expenses_collection
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@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_courtexpenses_fordcaleb_mountainjoseph_002_tif -> part of -> @court_expenses_collectionNew 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
Caleb Ford's Bill. A 1790
No children (leaf entity)