This collection includes TIFF files showing courthouse documents from Westmoreland County in Virginia. They were collected in association with the Dangerous Harbor Project (2023-2024). These documents were used to identify escaped unfree laborers in the 17th century Chesapeake and the punishments associated with their escape.
Naming conventions of items: There are 5 parts to the item naming conventions.
For example: Dangerous Harbor Project - Lancaster County - Reel 24 - 1655-1666 - TIFFs 1-50
Dangerous Harbor Project: The larger project the datasets are associated with
Lancaster County: The county the documents are associated with
Reel 24: The reel the documents are associated with
1655-1666: The timeframe in which the documents were written
TIFFs 1-50: The TIFFs included in the item
Naming conventions of files: There are 3 parts to the file naming convention of the court orders.
For example: LancasterOrders_1655-1666_0001
LancasterOrders: Identifies the county the court documents are from and the type of document
1655-1666: Identifies the timeframe in which the court documents were written
0001: Identifies the page’s position within the reel