In response to Schuyler's comments, he might be interested in learning
about a house located just a few miles outside of Dartmouth College in
N.H. which was found to have a secret attic during some restoration or
renovation project many years ago.  Boots and other items dating to the
Civil War era were found in the attic. Local tradition and something
about these items made the locals believe that this was one of the houses
which participated in the Underground Railroad.

Primary documentation may be difficult since many would have felt it was
not safe to write anything down at the time or for years afterwards.
Oral tradition, post-Civil War diaries, account books or published local
histories regarding citizens may be sources to try for.  I know my
Mennonite forebears left nothing on record in case they got caught aiding
and sending the runaways to the next destination.  If the hunters were
searching in the area, they would send a small child or two with pails of
corn to "feed the chickens." Of course, they were feeding the runaways
who were hiding in the cornfields instead of some other hiding place.

Katharine E. Harbury