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In his transition from parent of nestlings to Delacy man maintaining his manhood among maturing sons, Delacy ran parallel with the progress of the Colony.
Rebellion had early thrown out the "Rum Corps" and burst the shell of the garde-major regime. Land grants to die favoured had ended twenty years later. The financial doldrums of the 'forties, the momentum of the golden 'fifties, more recently weathered, advanced a spirit of robust democracy.