Roger Hooker and Keziah Leavitt House
A historic site in Heath, Massachusetts, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Roger Hooker and Keziah Leavitt House is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. It sits in the archive under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. Access is restricted, and the file says so plainly.
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Is Roger Hooker and Keziah Leavitt House haunted?
No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.
The record — long form
Leavitt House is the six years — the 'Basil Dorsey' that's the sheltered 1838-44, the 'Liberty, Maryland' that's the escaped from. The 'father and son' is the layered — the 'Roger president' that's the county society '36, the 'Roger Hooker' that's the son hosted him. The 'Joshua' is the connector — the 'brother in New York' that's the sent Dorsey west, the 'Christian benevolence' that's the letter wrote.
The 'census' is the documented — the '1840' that's the Dorsey household listed, the '50 cents' that's the gave to the cause. The 'son born' is the rooted — the 'Charles Robert '38' that's the Charlemont born, the 'Florence' that's the finally settled. Leavitt is the secret — the 'greatest secrecy' that's the resident recalled, the 'resting place understood' that's the Blake's and Leavitt's.
The file keeps the Leavitt house: Dorsey's six years, the father's presidency, the Joshua connection, and the census's record.
The Leavitt House is the archive's Massachusetts file — the farm that sheltered a family for six years.
Why this file matters
The Roger Hooker and Keziah Leavitt House is the archive's Massachusetts file — where a fugitive stayed six years.
A house keeps its guest — the file's suggestion being that Leavitt's hold is the long-term: the 'six years' that's the not one night, the 'son born here' that's the family grew, and the '50 cents' that's the fugitive turned donor.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The Leavitt house—the family’s other station.
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National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
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Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 07MA03, source row 152. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.
UGRR enrichment wave 3; VERIFY task auto-queued.
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Documented history
NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceRoger Hooker and Keziah Leavitt House is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceThe house’s UGRR role is documented. Roger Hooker and Keziah Leavitt House's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.
Verified historyNational Park Service
Sources on file
- 01Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01National Park Service · government · A1
- 02NPS Network to Freedom listingNational Park Service · government · A1
- 03Underground RailroadWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 07MA03, source row 152. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.