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Inquest Return Document Collection, 1771

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Description

Inquest Return Document Collection, 1771

Overview

The collection is a single‑document archive comprising a scanned inquest return from 1771, concerning an unnamed Negro man in Milford, Connecticut. It contains a high‑resolution JPEG and a TIFF of the original legal record, produced by archivist Lucy Ingram for the Connecticut State Library. The material is catalogued under the New Haven County Superior Court Files, specifically the Black, African American, and Indigenous History (BAAI) subset, and is indexed in the NHSC BAAI Cases Papers Subject field.

Background

Inquest returns are formal legal documents summarizing the findings of a coroner’s or magistrate’s inquiry into a death or incident. This particular return is part of the Connecticut State Library’s effort to digitize and preserve court records that involve African American and Indigenous individuals. Lucy Ingram assembled the collection as part of a broader project to make these historical documents accessible to researchers and the public.

Contents

  • Return Unknown Negro Milford 1771 – the title of the inquest return.
  • JPEG image (427 kB) and TIFF image (18 MB) of the document, preserving the original layout and text.
  • Metadata indicating the document’s creator (Lucy Ingram), language (English), subjects (Inquest, Unnamed Man, Negro, Milford, Legal Document), and place (Milford, Connecticut).
  • The collection is linked to the NHSC BAAI Cases Papers Subject index, which assigns controlled subject terms to the record.

Scope

The collection covers a single legal event in 1771 in Milford, Connecticut, focusing on the inquest into an unnamed Negro man. It does not include related case files, affidavits, or other court documents, but is part of a larger database of New Haven County Superior Court records. The material is limited to the scanned images and associated metadata, with no original paper copy provided in the archive.

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@milford:place {city: "Milford", state: "Connecticut", country: @united_states}

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@nhsc:organization {full_name: "New Haven County Superior Court Files", abbreviation: "NHSC", record_group: 3, institution: @connecticut_state_library}

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    "Reorganization group: Inquest_Return_Document_1771"

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