@adultery_testimonies_collection:collection {title: "New Haven County Superior Court Adultery Testimonies Collection", creator: @nicholson, institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1781_09, language: "en", subjects: [@adultery, @divorce, @testimonies, @new_haven_superior_court, @black_african_american_indigenous_history], description: "Collection of testimonies related to adultery cases in the New Haven County Superior Court, involving William Shearman and various women.", places: [@albany_new_york, @new_haven_connecticut]}

@nicholson:person {full_name: "George Chardon Nicholson", role: "Creator"}

@connecticut_state_library:organization {type: "State Library", location: @new_haven_connecticut}

@albany_new_york:place {city: "Albany", state: "New York", country: @united_states}

@new_haven_connecticut:place {city: "New Haven", state: "Connecticut", country: @united_states}

@adultery:concept {definition: "Sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than their spouse"}

@divorce:concept {definition: "Legal dissolution of a marriage"}

@testimonies:concept {definition: "Recorded statements given under oath"}

@new_haven_superior_court:organization {type: "Court", location: @new_haven_connecticut}

@black_african_american_indigenous_history:concept {definition: "Historical study of Black, African American, and Indigenous peoples"}

@william_shearman:person {role: "Paymaster", regiment: @col_seth_warner_regiment, alias: ["Shoarman"]}

@col_seth_warner_regiment:organization {type: "Regiment", commander: @seth_warner}

@seth_warner:person {full_name: "Seth Warner"}

@james_livingston:person {full_name: "James Livingston", rank: "Colonel", regiment: @col_james_livingston_regiment}

@col_james_livingston_regiment:organization {type: "Regiment", commander: @james_livingston}

@sarah_m_barde:person {full_name: "Sarah M. Barde", alias: "Miller", gender: "female", description: "loose woman"}

@negro_wench:person {race: "Black", gender: "female", description: "Negro wench"}

@sam_l_bromley:person {full_name: "Sam'l Bromley", gender: "male"}

@godfrey_enax:person {full_name: "Godfrey Enax", occupation: "Doctor"}

@w_m_jeremiah_johnston:person {full_name: "Wm. Jeremiah Johnston", occupation: "Sadler", marital_status: "Married", married_months: 12}

@g_b_skinner:person {full_name: "G. B. Skinner", role: "Clerk"}

@j_vorbach:person {full_name: "J. Vorbach", role: "Justice of the Peace"}

@g_guthrie:person {full_name: "G. Guthrie", role: "Clerk"}

@g_biskin:person {full_name: "G. Biskin", role: "Clerk"}

@proorback:person {full_name: "Proorback", role: "Alderman"}

@new_haven_supreme_court:organization {type: "Supreme Court", location: @new_haven_connecticut}

@testimony_004:document {title: "Testimony RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_Divorce_Sherman_004", date: @date_1701_08_07, deponent: @nicholson, location: @albany_new_york, content_summary: "Nicholson swears he saw Capt William Shearman cohabit with Sarah M. Barde and commit adultery with a Negro wench near Sam'l Bromley's house."}

@adultery_testimonies_collection -> contains -> @testimony_004:image {source: @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_sherman_004_jpg, format: "JPEG"}

@testimony_004 -> accuses -> @william_shearman:person {crime: "adultery"}

@testimony_004 -> mentions -> @sarah_m_barde:person

@testimony_004 -> mentions -> @negro_wench:person

@testimony_004 -> mentions -> @sam_l_bromley:person

@testimony_004 -> recorded by -> @g_b_skinner:person

@testimony_004 -> recorded in -> @new_haven_supreme_court:organization

@testimony_006:document {title: "Testimony RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_Divorce_Sherman_006", date: @date_1779_09, deponent: @godfrey_enax, location: @albany_new_york, content_summary: "Doctor Enax swears he saw Lieut. William Shoarman in bed with a married woman, a housewife, after visiting his lodgings."}

@adultery_testimonies_collection -> contains -> @testimony_006:image {source: @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_sherman_006_jpg, format: "JPEG"}

@testimony_006 -> accuses -> @william_shearman:person {crime: "adultery"}

@testimony_006 -> mentions -> @married_woman:person {description: "married housewife"}

@testimony_006 -> recorded by -> @j_vorbach:person

@testimony_006 -> recorded in -> @new_haven_supreme_court:organization

@testimony_008:document {title: "Testimony RG003_NHSC_BAAI_PS_Divorce_Sherman_008", date: @date_1781_09_01, deponent: @w_m_jeremiah_johnston, location: @albany_new_york, content_summary: "Johnston testifies that Shearman asked him to visit houses of loose women; Shearman bragged about nocturnal exploits with married and unmarried women, describing one woman he named after three encounters in one night."}

@adultery_testimonies_collection -> contains -> @testimony_008:image {source: @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_sherman_008_jpg, format: "JPEG"}

@testimony_008 -> accuses -> @william_shearman:person {crime: "adultery"}

@testimony_008 -> mentions -> @married_woman:person

@testimony_008 -> mentions -> @unmarried_woman:person {description: "woman of loose character"}

@testimony_008 -> recorded by -> @proorback:person

@testimony_008 -> recorded in -> @new_haven_supreme_court:organization

@file_pinax:file {type: "file", format: "PINAX", related_to: @adultery_testimonies_collection}