@new_haven_county_superior_court_divorce_petition_collection:collection {title: "New Haven County Superior Court Divorce Petition Collection", creator: [@sarah_sherman, @william_sherman_jr], institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1781_09_04, language: "en", subjects: [@divorce, @legal_petitions, @marriage, @adultery, @prisoners_of_war, @new_haven_county, @eighteenth_century_legal_documents], description: "Collection of divorce petition documents from the New Haven County Superior Court involving Sarah Sherman and William Sherman Jr., dated 1781. The documents include affidavits and petitions related to the divorce proceedings.", place: [@new_haven, @albany, @new_york, @connecticut]}

@sarah_sherman:person {full_name: "Sarah Sherman"}

@william_sherman_jr:person {full_name: "William Sherman Jr."}

@connecticut_state_library:organization {type: "State Library"}

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

@eighteenth_century_legal_documents:concept {description: "Legal documents from the 1700s"}

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

@new_haven_county_superior_court_baai_project:project {description: "Black, African American, and Indigenous History project for New Haven County Superior Court records (NHSC_BAAI)", abbreviation: "NHSC_BAAI"}

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

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_sherman_002_jpg:file {type: "image", description: "OCR of Sarah Sherman oath (Sept 4, 1781)", ocr_text: "Sarah Sherman takes oath that her husband Wm Sherman Jr having been absent from home ever since the fore part of May 1779 she has never given him notice of her petition for a divorce, but on last Thursday morning she went to the house of Mr. Honble Roger Sherman father to J.Wm & there gave notice particularly to Mr. Sherman, wife & Judge Sherman, of the petition which she now has before the say court against J.Wm said Judge Sherman not being at home Sally Sherman New Haven Sept 4, 1781 Sworn before me Timothy Jones Jr pd"}

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_sherman_002_tif:file {type: "image", description: "TIFF version of RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_Divorce_Sherman_002 (no OCR available)"}

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_sherman_010_jpg:file {type: "image", description: "OCR of second divorce petition (Aug 30, 1781)", ocr_text: "To the Hon'ble Court to be holden at the Haven by Adjournment for Nutkaven County on the first Monday of September next, by The Petition of Sarah Thomas of Nuthaven humbly sheweth. That in Nov 1773 she was married to Mr. Sherman Jun of S Nutkaven towards whom she has been true and faithful as his Wife, since Intermarriage &c has repeatedly been guilty of Adultery, particularly in October 1778 with several Persons in Albany in the State of New York. And on the first of May 1779 I Wm went away from your Petitioner & has never since returned, but has since that time been a prisoner of war, in company on or about the first of Nov 1779. Wherefore yours Petition-er humbly prays your Honors to grant her a divorce from I Wm & discharge her from a Marriage Contract. And yours Pet-ter as in Daily sound will ever pray— David Nuthaven August 30th 1781—"}

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_sherman_010_tif:file {type: "image", description: "TIFF version of RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_Divorce_Sherman_010 (no OCR available)"}

@divorce_petition_1781:document {title: "Divorce Petition of Sarah Sherman", date: @date_1781_09_04, petitioner: @sarah_sherman, respondent: @william_sherman_jr, court: @new_haven_county_superior_court, subjects: [@adultery, @prisoners_of_war]}

@timothy_jones_jr:person {full_name: "Timothy Jones Jr.", role: "Clerk"}

@roger_sherman:person {full_name: "Roger Sherman", role: "Honorable"}

@judge_sherman:person {full_name: "Judge Sherman", role: "Judge"}

@david_nuthaven:person {full_name: "David Nuthaven", role: "Clerk"}

@nutkaven_county:place {state: @connecticut, country: @united_states, note: "Historical spelling variant of New Haven County"}

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

@albany:place {state: @new_york, country: @united_states}

@new_york:place {country: @united_states}

@connecticut:place {country: @united_states}

@new_haven_county_superior_court_divorce_petition_collection -> contains -> @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_sherman_002_jpg

@new_haven_county_superior_court_divorce_petition_collection -> contains -> @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_sherman_002_tif

@new_haven_county_superior_court_divorce_petition_collection -> contains -> @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_sherman_010_jpg

@new_haven_county_superior_court_divorce_petition_collection -> contains -> @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_sherman_010_tif

@sarah_sherman -> filed -> @divorce_petition_1781 {when: @date_1781_09_04, where: @new_haven_county_superior_court}

@divorce_petition_1781 -> mentions -> @adultery

@divorce_petition_1781 -> mentions -> @prisoners_of_war

@divorce_petition_1781 -> signed by -> @timothy_jones_jr {role: "Notary"}

@divorce_petition_1781 -> referenced in -> @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_sherman_002_jpg

@divorce_petition_1781 -> referenced in -> @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_sherman_010_jpg

@new_haven_county_superior_court_baai_project -> indexes -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject

@new_haven_county_superior_court_baai_project -> includes -> @new_haven_county_superior_court_divorce_petition_collection