@new_haven_county_superior_court:organization {full_name: "New Haven County Superior Court"}

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

@new_haven:place {city: "New Haven", state: "Connecticut", country: "United States"}

@woodbridge:place {city: "Woodbridge", state: "Connecticut", country: "United States"}

@sarah_clinton:person {gender: "female"}

@freeman_p_clinton:person {gender: "male"}

@james_g_clinton:person {parent: @sarah_clinton, parent2: @freeman_p_clinton}

@charles_e_clinton:person {parent: @sarah_clinton, parent2: @freeman_p_clinton}

@lawrence_willis_clinton:person {parent: @sarah_clinton, parent2: @freeman_p_clinton}

@clerk:person {role: "Clerk of the Superior Court"}

@desertion:concept {description: "Willful abandonment of marital duties"}

@adultery:concept {description: "Extramarital sexual relations"}

@intemperance:concept {description: "Habitual excessive consumption of alcohol"}

@cruelty:concept {description: "Intolerable cruelty towards spouse"}

@divorce_decree:document {type: "Divorce Decree"}

@date_1859_12:date_1859_12

@date_1859_12_03:date_1859_12_03

@date_1856_07_12:date_1856_07_12

@date_1854_02_01:date_1854_02_01

@file_pinax:metadata {title: "New Haven County Superior Court Divorce Decree Collection", type: "Collection", creator: @new_haven_county_superior_court, institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1859_12, language: "en", subjects: ["Divorce","Marriage","Adultery","Intemperance","Cruelty","Child Custody","Black, African American, and Indigenous History"], description: "Collection of divorce decree documents from the New Haven County Superior Court, including a case involving Sarah Clinton and Freeman P. Clinton, filed in December 1859.", place: [@new_haven, @woodbridge]}

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_clinton_003_jpg:image {description: "Scanned image of the divorce decree for Sarah Clinton v. Freeman P. Clinton", ocr_text: "At a Superior Court held at New Haven, ...", source: "RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_Divorce_Clinton_003.jpg"}

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_clinton_003_tif:image {description: "TIFF version of the scanned divorce decree", source: "RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_Divorce_Clinton_003.tif"}

@divorce_decree -> issued by -> @new_haven_county_superior_court

@divorce_decree -> involved parties -> [@sarah_clinton, @freeman_p_clinton]

@divorce_decree -> granted custody of -> [@james_g_clinton, @charles_e_clinton, @lawrence_willis_clinton] {to: @sarah_clinton}

@divorce_decree -> grounds -> [@desertion, @adultery, @intemperance, @cruelty]

@divorce_decree -> filed on -> @date_1859_12_03

@divorce_decree -> location -> @new_haven

@divorce_decree -> documented in -> @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_clinton_003_jpg

@divorce_decree -> part of -> @file_pinax

@sarah_clinton -> married on -> @date_1856_07_12 {spouse: @freeman_p_clinton, location: @woodbridge}

@freeman_p_clinton -> deserted on -> @date_1854_02_01

@clerk -> certified -> @divorce_decree {date: @date_1859_12_03}

@file_pinax -> contains -> @divorce_decree

@file_pinax -> subject -> "Black, African American, and Indigenous History"

@file_pinax -> subject -> "Divorce"

@file_pinax -> subject -> "Marriage"

@file_pinax -> subject -> "Adulthood"

@file_pinax -> subject -> "Intemperance"

@file_pinax -> subject -> "Cruelty"

@file_pinax -> subject -> "Child Custody"