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 Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1860 June 21
Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1860 June 21
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    • Creator: Colton, Lemuel.
    • Description: Topics include the health and activities of his household, the birth of Verona's girl, Evaline, the marriage of Lyman to Nancy Whistler, the state of his farm and that of Moses Shepard's and the death of their daughter 2 years previous.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Ruth Fletcher to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1864 October 9
    Ruth Fletcher to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1864 October 9
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      • Creator: Fletcher, Ruth.
      • Description: Topics include a local religious conference and subsequent baptisms and the various sales of farms.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Andrew Craig Fletcher to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1865 July 5 and July 10
      Andrew Craig Fletcher to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1865 July 5 and July 10
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        • Creator: Fletcher, Andrew Craig.
        • Description: Topics include his office work and postponing his visit home.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Andrew Craig Fletcher to Ruth Fletcher\, 1866 November 24
        Andrew Craig Fletcher to Ruth Fletcher\, 1866 November 24
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          • Creator: Fletcher, Andrew Craig.
          • Description: Topics include his work in St. Albans and his consideration of working in New York.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Catherine Smith to [Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher?]\, no year April 22
          Catherine Smith to [Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher?]\, no year April 22
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            • Creator: Smith, Catherine.
            • Description: Topics include the sugaring and farming activities of neighbors and family and Edward and Marilla in California.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Addie Quimby to Della Oakes\, 1879 April 26
            Addie Quimby to Della Oakes\, 1879 April 26
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              • Creator: Quimby, Addie.
              • Description: Topics include her visit to Craig Fletcher's house, her cousin Albert Quimby, and a swindle affecting Andrew Fletcher.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of Katie [Smith?] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1880 September 3
              Katie [Smith?] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1880 September 3
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                • Creator: Smith, Katie.
                • Description: Topics include the end of school term, her recent illness with measles, some poems about love and friendship.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of [Katherine Fletcher?] to Carl Smith\, 1883 April 29
                [Katherine Fletcher?] to Carl Smith\, 1883 April 29
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                  • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
                  • Description: Topics include her sister Carrie's recent illness with St. Vitus' dance (Chorea) and her own attempts to collect advertising cards.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                  Miniature of Catherine Smith to [Edward C. Smith?]\, 1884 March 3
                  Catherine Smith to [Edward C. Smith?]\, 1884 March 3
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                    • Creator: Smith, Catherine.
                    • Description: Topics include a big snow storm in Burke, NY, B(ent)'s lumber hauling business, and scarlet fever among the children in the community.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                    Miniature of George B. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, no year March 8
                    George B. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, no year March 8
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                      • Creator: Smith, George B.
                      • Description: Topics include his rebuttal of an accusation of oweing money to the Fletchers and not properly caring for their mother.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family