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@new_haven_county:place {state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}
@new_haven_jury_of_justices:organization {type: "jury of justices", jurisdiction: @new_haven_county, created: @date_1769_10_18}
@lively:person {race: "Negro", role: "child", status: "deceased"}
@joshua_moss:person {role: "parent/guardian"}
@stephen_matthews:person {full_name: "Stephen Matthews"}
@john_mettel:person {full_name: "John Mettel"}
@thomas_coll:person {full_name: "Thomas Coll"}
@thomas_jaslittle:person {full_name: "Thomas Jaslittle"}
@samuel_doolittle:person {full_name: "Samuel Doolittle"}
@nathaniel_hannah:person {full_name: "Nathaniel Hannah"}
@david_scott:person {full_name: "David Scott"}
@gordham_fulford:person {full_name: "Gordham Fulford"}
@samuel_hickey:person {full_name: "Samuel Hickey"}
@thomas_weston:person {full_name: "Thomas Weston"}
@david_wooster:person {full_name: "David Wooster"}
@thomas_foot_jann:person {full_name: "Thomas foot Jann"}
@thomas_matthews:person {full_name: "Thomas Matthews", role: "Clerk Justice of the Peace"}
@new_haven_jury_of_justices -> members -> [@stephen_matthews, @john_mettel, @thomas_coll, @thomas_jaslittle, @samuel_doolittle, @nathaniel_hannah, @david_scott, @gordham_fulford, @samuel_hickey, @thomas_weston, @david_wooster, @thomas_foot_jann, @thomas_matthews]
@inquest_lively:document {title: "1769 Inquest into the Death of Negro Child Lively", creator: @new_haven_jury_of_justices, institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1769_10_18, language: "en", subjects: ["Inquest","Death Investigation","African American History","Legal Documents","18th Century"], description: "An inquest document from New Haven County detailing the jury's findings regarding the death of a Negro child named Lively, who died of infirmity and weakness of body.", place: @new_haven_county}
@new_haven_jury_of_justices -> issued -> @inquest_lively:document {date: @date_1769_10_18}
@inquest_lively -> concerned with -> @lively:person
@inquest_lively -> concerned with -> @joshua_moss:person {role: "owner"}
@nhsc_baai:project {title: "New Haven County Superior Court Files – Black, African American, and Indigenous", description: "Project to arrange, describe, and digitize New Haven County Superior Court records relating to Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals."}
@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:concept {description: "Subject-index field for New Haven County Superior Court files related to Black, African American, and Indigenous cases and papers."}
@nhsc_baai -> includes -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:concept
@inquest_lively -> part of -> @nhsc_baai:project
@file_pinax -> metadata for -> @inquest_lively:document
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_unnamedgirl_001_jpg -> image of -> @inquest_lively:document
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_unnamedgirl_001_tif -> image of -> @inquest_lively:documentNew Haven County 18 October 1769 We the subscribers, A jury of justices for our sovereign Lord the King to Thomas Matthews, Clerk Justice of Peace for New Haven county On our oath present the following verdict on the body of a certain female child now lying dead belonging to Joshua Moss of said waterside in New Haven county that is to say we find that the Negro child Lively died of infirmity and weakness of body and no other cause. Stephen Matthews John Mettel foot Thomas Coll Thomas Jaslittle Samuel Doolittle Nathaniel Hannah David Scott Gordham Fulford Samuel Hickey Thomas Weston David Wooster Thomas foot Jann
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