Fletcher Family

The Fletcher Family collection includes family correspondence from the period 1826-1903 and photographs from circa 1860-1890. The material comes from the Fletcher Family subseries of the Consuelo Northrop Bailey Papers, which contains family papers collected by Consuelo's mother, Katherine Fletcher Northrop. The correspondence included in this collection was collected by Ruth Allen Colton Fletcher, Henrietta Smith Fletcher, and Katherine Fletcher. Ruth was born in 1810 or 1811 to Lydia and Lemuel Colton of Sharon, VT. She married Andrew Fletcher in 1839, and lived in Waterville, Belvidere, and then Johnson, VT until her death, circa 1903. Her oldest surviving child was Andrew Craig Fletcher, who married Henrietta Smith in 1869. Henrietta was born in 1845 to Catherine and George Smith of Burke, NY. Katherine Fletcher was born in 1870 to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher of Jeffersonville, VT. She attended Johnson State Normal School from 1885-1887, graduating in January 1888. The correspondence describes the experiences of several family members who moved west to New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and California. The correspondents recount in great detail the work of creating and managing their farms in these new states or territories, and many letters give meticulous lists of the prices of land, grains, stock, and groceries. The families in this correspondence endure a great deal of sickness and deaths and these as well as some accounts of their medical treatments are described in the letters. There are a few letters from Enos Fletcher and Charles Hogan that are from the Civil War, and several letters refer to the War and its effects on their communities. There is an account of the "St. Albans Raid" by Ruth's son Andrew Craig Fletcher, who was working in St. Albans at the time. Katherine Fletcher's correspondence with her family and classmates document her life and studies at Vermont's teacher training institution twenty years into its history as such.

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63 Fletcher, Henrietta. 50 Fletcher, Katherine. 33 Smith, Catherine. 31 Harvey, Mary. 30 Smith, Edward C. 27 Fletcher, Carrie. 23 Colton, Lemuel. 14 Smith, George B. 13 Hubbard, Willis. 12 Fletcher, Andrew Craig. 11 Flagg, Mamie. 9 Colton, Moses Shepard. 8 [s.n.], Joe. 6 Colton, Ellen. 6 Colton, Lyman. 6 Guild, Tom. 6 Jagua, Betsey Verona. 6 L[eland?], Lucy. 6 Pratt, Cyrus Cornelius. 5 Colton, Lydia. 5 Fletcher, Harriet. 5 Smith, Lucy. 4 Colton, Betsey Verona. 4 Unidentified. 3 Fletcher, Ruth. 3 George, Nida. 3 Newcomb, Will. 3 Perry, Jennie. 3 Smith, Marilla. 2 Barton, Ida. 2 Colton, Carlos. 2 Colton, Curtis. 2 Colton, Lemuel Jr. 2 Colton, Lois. 2 Colton, Zebina. 2 D.C. Heath & Co. 2 Davis, Cora. 2 Fletcher, Elias. 2 Fletcher, Maria. 2 Hamm, A.J. 2 Johnson, Mary A. 2 Nolan, Sarah. 2 Oakes, Della. 2 Pratt, Mary. 2 Sprague, George. 2 [s.n.], Lucy. 1 Allen, Viola. 1 Alvord, S.H. 1 Barton, H. 1 Blodgett, Carrie. 1 Carbee, Julie. 1 Carroll, Carrie. 1 Church, Ellen. 1 Clark, Ira. 1 Clark, Mary. 1 Cleveland, Mrs. G.D. 1 Colton, Arvilla. 1 Colton, Carseldana. 1 Colton, Lue. 1 Cornell, Marion. 1 Culver, E.W. 1 Day, Angie. 1 Dixon, Ashley. 1 Ervins, Blanch. 1 Fallangton, Harry. 1 Fletcher, Andrew. 1 Fletcher, Enos. 1 Fletcher, Jane. 1 Galushia, Julie. 1 Grean, Myrtie. 1 Gris, Clara. 1 Grout, W.P. 1 Harrington, Gertie. 1 Hobart, Lizzie. 1 Hodgkin, Harriet. 1 Hogan, C.P. 1 Hogan, Charles. 1 Horner, Maria. 1 Maude, Carrie. 1 Melvin, Addie. 1 Perham, Harriet. 1 Pettengill, P.H. 1 Powell, P.A. 1 Powers, Mary M. 1 Powers, Mary. 1 Quimby, Addie. 1 R., Lulu F. 1 Shepard, Isaac. 1 Smith, Carl. 1 Smith, Katie. 1 Snelson, H.W. 1 Sprague, Martha. 1 T., Almira. 1 Thompson, C.R. 1 Thorp, Ida. 1 Thorp, Isa. 1 [Burnell], [M.S.?]. 1 [Fallangton?], Harry. 1 [Herrick?], E.D. 1 [Whipple], [Mrs. Abed?]. 1 [s.n.], Alberta. 1 [s.n.], Burton. 1 [s.n.], Ella. 1 [s.n.], Florence. 1 [s.n.], Gene. 1 [s.n.], M. 1 [s.n.], Nate. 1 [s.n.], S.

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452 Fletcher Family
Miniature of Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1883 February 22
Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1883 February 22
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    • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
    • Description: Topics include details of Mary's work on their farm and house, her son Clark's work in school, her daughter Lizzie's and her son-in-law Frank's land in Beloit, Kansas,and their home, family, and material goods, her brother Cyrus Cornelius' money making schemes and how he left his wife for another woman, and her desire to visit Ruth in Vermont.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Della Oakes to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, 1889 December 16
    Della Oakes to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, 1889 December 16
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      • Creator: Oakes, Della.
      • Description: Topics include settling Della's husband's estate and her plans to visit her Uncle.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Carlos Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1888 March 25
      Carlos Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1888 March 25
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        • Creator: Colton, Carlos.
        • Description: Topics include building a house, his sister Ellen's children, and the separation of Lemuel (Jr.?) and his wife.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Lemuel Colton to Ruth Colton\, 1833 February 12
        Lemuel Colton to Ruth Colton\, 1833 February 12
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          • Creator: Colton, Lemuel.
          • Description: Topics include Ruth's health and family visits.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Harriet Fletcher to Ruth Colton\, 1833 October 5
          Harriet Fletcher to Ruth Colton\, 1833 October 5
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            • Creator: Fletcher, Harriet.
            • Description: Topics include Harriet's recent illness and the courtship proceedings of Andrew Hodgekines(?).
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Lemuel Colton to Ruth Colton\, 1837 July 30
            Lemuel Colton to Ruth Colton\, 1837 July 30
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              • Creator: Colton, Lemuel.
              • Description: Topics include family members' health and Lydia's work in Sharon.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of Lydia Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, no year March [3?]
              Lydia Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, no year March [3?]
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                • Creator: Colton, Lydia.
                • Description: Topics include a balsam medicine which she takes for her neck ailment, a local girl who had a premonition of her own death in a dream, Church meetings, and her sewing activities.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of Mary Powers to Ruth Fletcher\, [1852?] April 18
                Mary Powers to Ruth Fletcher\, [1852?] April 18
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                  • Creator: Powers, Mary.
                  • Description: Topics include Mary's families activities, their new home, a "Donation Party," the death of Ruth's daughter, Emma, and Mary's teaching activities.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                  Miniature of Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 January 26
                  Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 January 26
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                    • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
                    • Description: Topics include the illnesses and deaths among friends, neighbors, and family.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                    Miniature of Ellen Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, [1859?] May 9
                    Ellen Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, [1859?] May 9
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                      • Creator: Colton, Ellen.
                      • Description: Topics include the death of Ellen's brother, Curtis Colton.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family