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@edwards_clerk:person {full_name: "Edwards", role: "Clerk"}
@connecticut_state_library:organization {name: "Connecticut State Library", type: "State Library"}
@new_haven_connecticut:place {city: "New Haven", state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}
@new_haven_county_superior_court:organization {name: "New Haven County Superior Court", type: "Court", location: @new_haven_connecticut}
@nhsc_summons_and_jury_selection_collection:collection {
title: "New Haven County Superior Court Summons and Jury Selection Documents",
creator: [@edwards_clerk],
institution: @connecticut_state_library,
created: @date_1735_09_02,
language: "en",
subjects: ["Summons", "Jury Selection", "Grand Juries", "Legal Documents", "New Haven County", "Black, African American, and Indigenous History"],
description: "Collection of documents related to the summons and selection of grand juries for the New Haven County Superior Court in 1735, as part of the Black, African American, and Indigenous (BAAI) cases and papers.",
place: [@new_haven_connecticut]
}
@file_pinax -> documents -> @nhsc_summons_and_jury_selection_collection
@nhsc_baai_project:concept {description: "CT State Library project to digitize and index New Haven County Superior Court files related to Black, African American, and Indigenous history"}
@nhsc_summons_and_jury_selection_collection -> part of -> @nhsc_baai_project
@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:concept {description: "Subject-heading field for BAAI case files in New Haven County Superior Court"}
@nhsc_summons_and_jury_selection_collection -> indexed by -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject
@sheriff_new_haven:person {role: "Sheriff of New Haven County"}
@summons_001:document {
title: "Summons for Grand Jury (1735)",
date: @date_1735_09_02,
issuer: @edwards_clerk,
recipient: @sheriff_new_haven,
subject: "Grand Jury selection",
location: @new_haven_connecticut
}
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@summons_002:document {
title: "Summons with Grand Jury List (1735)",
date: @date_1735_09_02,
issuer: @edwards_clerk,
recipient: @sheriff_new_haven,
subject: "Grand Jury selection",
location: @new_haven_connecticut,
notes: "Served by reading hearing of John Merriman"
}
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@john_merriman:person {role: "Clerk who read the summons"}
@john_merriman -> read -> @summons_002
@juror_james_dickey:person {full_name: "James Dickey"}
@juror_daniel_pattle:person {full_name: "Daniel Pattle"}
@juror_titus_brackett:person {full_name: "Titus Brackett"}
@juror_samuel_cook:person {full_name: "Samuel Cook"}
@juror_samuel_darling:person {full_name: "Samuel Darling"}
@juror_joseph_miles:person {full_name: "Joseph Miles"}
@juror_sarah_rogers:person {full_name: "Sarah Rogers"}
@juror_theophilus_munson:person {full_name: "Theophilus Munson"}
@juror_noah_pattle:person {full_name: "Noah Pattle"}
@juror_michael_todd:person {full_name: "Michael Todd"}
@juror_joseph_todd:person {full_name: "Joseph Todd"}
@juror_grace_jones:person {full_name: "Grace Jones"}
@juror_stephen_howell:person {full_name: "Stephen Howell"}
@juror_alexander_willcot:person {full_name: "Alexander Willcot"}
@juror_samuel_hickox:person {full_name: "Samuel Hickox"}
@juror_bartholomew_goodridge:person {full_name: "Bartholomew Goodridge"}
@summons_002 -> lists -> [
@juror_james_dickey,
@juror_daniel_pattle,
@juror_titus_brackett,
@juror_samuel_cook,
@juror_samuel_darling,
@juror_joseph_miles,
@juror_sarah_rogers,
@juror_theophilus_munson,
@juror_noah_pattle,
@juror_michael_todd,
@juror_joseph_todd,
@juror_grace_jones,
@juror_stephen_howell,
@juror_alexander_willcot,
@juror_samuel_hickox,
@juror_bartholomew_goodridge
]To ye Sheriff of ye County of New Haven or his Deputy Greeting. In his Majesty's Name you are hereby Commanded to summon Eighteen Able and Industrious Freeholders of S. County to Serve as Grand Juries before ye Sup'r Court Now Sitting in S. N' Haven and you are to Signify to them that they must not fail in the Premisses on ye Pains and Penalties of ye Law in that Case made and Provided, and of this Writ with ye Names of ye Persons you Shell so warn thereon Endorsed fail not to make Due return to S. Court. Dated at N' Haven this Second Day of September Anno R R' Georgii Secundi Nono Annoq B Domini 1735 Edwards Clerk
New Haven September 2d, 1735 This summons was served by reading my hearing of John Merriman. James Dickey Daniel Pattle Titus Brackett Sam'l Cook Sam'l Darling Joseph Miles Sarah Rogers Theophilus Munson Noah Pattle Michael Todd Joseph Todd Grace Jones Joseph Miles Stephen Howell Alexander Willcot Sam'l Hickox Bartholomew Goodridge
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