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@mary_will_inquest_collection:collection {title: "Inquest, Writ, and Summoning of Jury for Mary Will (Mary Cams) Case Collection", creator: @charles_french, institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1763_02_24, language: "en", subjects: ["Inquest","Summoning of Jury","Legal Documents","Native American History","New Haven County","Derby","Milford","Indian Fields"], description: "Collection of documents related to the inquest and summoning of a jury for the case of Mary Will, also known as Mary Cams, an Indian Squaw found dead in the Township of Derby or Milford.", place: [@derby_ct, @milford_ct, @new_haven_county_ct]}
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@derby_ct:place {city: "Derby", state: "Connecticut", country: @united_states}
@milford_ct:place {city: "Milford", state: "Connecticut", country: @united_states}
@new_haven_county_ct:place {county: "New Haven County", state: "Connecticut", country: @united_states}
@mary_will:person {also_known_as: @mary_cams, ethnicity: "Native American", status: "Indian Squaw", death_date: @date_1763_02_24, death_place: @derby_ct}
@mary_cams:person {full_name: "Mary Cams"}
@summons_document:document {date: @date_1763_02_24, author: @charles_french, recipient: @northaven_sheriff, subject: @mary_will, location: @old_tullingmill, alternate_location: @indian_fields, instruction: "Summon twelve able and discreet men to inquire of the cause and manner of death and render a verdict as the law directs"}
@northaven_sheriff:person {title: "Sheriff of New Haven County"}
@old_tullingmill:place {description: "Old Tullingmill at the South end of the Township of Derby"}
@indian_fields:place {description: "Indian Fields in the bounds of the Township of Milford"}
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@baai:concept {full_name: "Black, African American, and Indigenous"}To the Sheriff of the County of Northaven his Deputy or either Constable of the Town of Derby Within R County Greeting This Majesties Name you are hereby required to Summon Twelve Able and Discreet Men to appear forthwith at or near the Place of the Old Tullingmill at the South end of the Township of Derby or in the Indian Fields So called in the Bounds of the Township of Milford there to Enquire of the Cause and Manner of the Death of Mary Will otherwise Called Mary Cams an Indian Squaw that is there found Dead and there to Make up your Verdict as the Law Directs and also you are to give them Notice that they are not to fail under the Penalty of the Law in Such Case Made and Provided hereof fail not and Due return make dated at Derby Feb 24 d. 4th Mo. 1763 Charles French Justice of Peace
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