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The Walton House Hotel
Guest Register and Scrapbook
"THE WALTON HOUSE, DELAWARE COUNTY'S POPULAR
HOTEL, WALTON, N.Y."
Postcard Printed by the Ruben Publishing Co., Newburgh, N.Y. circa 1940
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The
Walton House Hotel Register identifies the patrons who ate dinner at and
stayed in the hotel on Delaware Street in Walton, New York, from
mid-1880 to June 1881. Each
person's name, residence, time of arrival, room number, and wake-up-call were
recorded in the book. Although
guests came from as far away as Germany, most of those who spent the night or
enjoyed a meal were from Delaware County. Andes, Bovina, Cannonsville, Colchester, Davenport, Delhi,
Downsville, Franklin, Hamden, Hancock, Masonville, Meredith, Middletown,
Sidney, and Walton are all frequently represented. During
this time period, the Walton House Hotel was owned and operated by James and
Jonathan R. Launt. Their leather-bound
register eventually fell into the hands of Thomas Pine, who used it as a
scrapbook. Thomas pasted over
most of the guest names with memorabilia, newspaper clippings,
advertisements, and receipts dating from 1790 to 1909. These items contain
extensive genealogical data.
This site is dedicated to making that information available to the
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Since
Monday, September 28, 1998 Thank
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Carolee: KithQuest@aol.com
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additional artwork by Gini Schmitz.
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2004 by Carolee Inskeep.
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