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This is the homepage for all types of documents relating to the Delehantys and their kin & community in West Castleton and environs (including Hydeville, Castleton, Fair Haven, Poultney, Rutland, Granville NY, and elsewhere) from the 1850s to the 1920s -- that is, for all documents gathered up to this point that help shed light on the ancestry and life & times of John Delehanty -- not just those gathered on Mike's trip to West Castleton.

Documents are categorized as either Primary or Secondary.

I.	Primary Documents
	1.	Census Data	Repository for all census pages, 1860-1930, listing people on the Delehanty side of the family that we're focusing on here
	2.	Newspaper Accounts	Repository for all local newspaper accounts, 1840s-1900s, that help us to better understand the social world in which the Delehantys dwelt; presently consists of several hundred transcribed stories; eventually will include thousands
	3.	Land Records	A very complex story here; homepage for summary and analysis of dozens of deeds and land deals relating to the Delehantys and their kin in Fair Haven and Castleton, 1850s-1900s
	4.	Vital Statistics	A master inventory for births, baptisms, marriages, naturalizations, and deaths for John Delehanty's extended family; also the homepage for various demographic analyses of the Town of Castleton, 1840s-1900s
	5.	Probate Records	Repository for all relevant probate proceedings (Mathias, James, John, Bridget, Patrick H. Downs)
	6.	Tax Records	Homepage for analyses of town tax assessment lists; inventories in chronological sequence over 600 digital images of the town's grand lists and assessment books
	7.	Other	Focuses mainly on the political activities of James and John Delehanty and Patrick H. Downs, 1890s-1900s; and a place for items that just don't fit anywhere else.

(Note: many of these items are copied from the Photo Pages, which serve as a master repository for all digital images Mike created during his research trips).

II. Secondary Literature
1853	Newell Sturtevant, et al., Act of Incorporation, By-Laws, and Director's Statement of the West Castleton Railroad and Slate Company (Boston: William Chadwick, 1853; Directors' Statement only, 8 pgs).
1861	Edward Hitchcock, et al., Report on the Geology of Vermont, Descriptive, Theoretical, Economical, and Scenographical, 2 vols. (Claremont NH: Claremont Manufacturing Co., 1861).
1877	Joseph Steele, An Abridged History of Castleton, Vermont, taken from Miss Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. 3 (Castleton VT: Castleton Woman's Club, 1951; orig. 1877).
1881-82	Hamilton Child, Directory of Rutland County Gazetteer and Business Directory of Rutland County, Vermont, (Syracuse NY, 1881). Entire text online, thanks to Karima Allison, at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/GazetteerTownshipsRutlandCounties01.html
1886	H. Y. Smith and W. S. Rann, History of Rutland County, Vermont, with Illustrations & Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men & Pioneers (Syracuse NY: D. Mason & Co., 1886). Entire text of this classic and essential text is online, thanks to Karima Allison, at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/RUTLANDhistorypageIndx.html
1899	*Biographical Sketch of James Delehanty, Book of Biographies of Leading Citizens of Rutland County, Vermont* (Chicago: Biographical Publications, 1899), pp. 67-71.**
1899	Biographical Sketch of Patrick H. Downs, Book of Biographies of Leading Citizens of Rutland County, Vermont (Chicago: Biographical Publications, 1899), pp. 87-88.
1906	T. Nelson Dale, et al., Slate Deposits and Slate Industry of the United States, Bulletin No. 275, U.S. Geological Survey, Dept. of the Interior (Washington D.C.: GPO, 1906).
1914	T. Nelson Dale, et al., Slate in the United States, Bulletin No. 586, U.S. Geological Survey, Dept. of the Interior (Washington D.C.: GPO, 1914). (reproduced en toto)
1922	Oliver Bowles, The Technology of Slate (Washington D.C.: GPO, 1922).
1963	Fillmore C. Earney, "The Slate Industry of Western Vermont," Journal of Geography, vol. 62, no. 7, Oct. 1963.
1972	James Covino, "Slatemaker," Vermont Life, Winter 1972, pp. 14-23.
1975	Castleton: Scenes of Yesterday (Castleton VT: Castleton Historical Society, 1975).
1985	Leon Fink, "When Cleon Comes to Rule: Popular Organization and Political Development. Part II: Rutland, Vermont," Workingmen's Democracy: The Knights of Labor and American Politics (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1985), pp. 66-111.
1992	Douglas S. Frink, "Monitoring the Reconstruction of Glen Lake Dam of Bomoseen State Park, Castleton, Vermont" (State of Vermont, Dept. of Forests, Parks & Recreation, Feb. 1992).
1998	Gwinlym R. Roberts, New Lives in the Valley: Slate Quarries and Quarry Villages in North Wales, New York, and Vermont, 1850-1920 (Somersworth NH: New Hampshire Printers, 1998).
1999	Castleton State College History Students, Beautiful Lake Bomoseen (Castleton VT: Castleton State College, 1999).
2000	Michael Roberts, et al., "A Comprehensive Historic Preservation Plan for Bomoseen State Park, Vermont" (State of Vermont, Dept. of Forests, Parks & Recreation, Sept. 2000).
2003.	Kate Hill Kelley, Letters from Vermont Families, 1850-1889 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 2003).

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