COFFEE, Slave
""Coffee', negro servant of Hezekiah Talcott of
Druham, CT, shot to death an Indian named
'Nasco' at Stratford, CZ on January 7th,
1719/20, Tried and convicted at Fairfield
County A ssizes on “arch lst, 1719/20, Sen-
tenced to death. Executed by hanging at Fair-
flela on eroh Lesh, 1720, Mearoh 16th 1720:
Sheriff John Stone allowed charges of 8-16-06 (
(pounds=shillings-pence) for costs in this
case," Sent by Hearn who sources original court
documents in Connecticut State Library: Fair-
field County Superior Court. He states: "IL migh
add that this case is extremely obscure, There
18 no mention of it by neither contemporary
newspapers nor local historé@ans,"
COFFEE, Slave
"'Coffee', negro servant of Hezekiah Talcott of
Druham, CT, shot to death an Indian named
"Nasco' at Stratford, CL on January 7th,
1719/20, Tried and convicted at Fairfield
County A ssizes on “arch 1st, 1719/20. Sen-
tenced to death. Executed by hanging at PFair-
field on “arch 15th, 1720, March 16th 1720;
Sheriff John Stone allowed charges of 8-16-06 (
(pounds-shillings-pence) for costs in this
case," Sent by Hearn who sources original court
documents in Connecticut State Library: Fair-
field County Superior Court. He states: "I migh
add that this case is extremely obscure, There
is no mention of it by neither contemporary
newspapers nor local historfans,"
CORFEE, Slave
"'Goftee', negro servant of Hezekiah Talcott of
h an Indtan named
at Stratford, CT on January 7th,
1719/20. Tried and Gonvicted at Fairfield
“arch lst, 1719/20, Sen-
tenced to death, Executed by he
field on “arch 15th, 1720, March 16th 1720:
Sheriff John Stone allowed charges of 68-16-06 (
(pounds-shillings-pence) for costs in this
case," sent by Hearn who sources original court|
documents in Connecticut State Library
field County Superior Court, He
add that this case is extremely eke
ig no mention of 4t by neither contemporary
new ra nor local histortans."
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