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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Harriet Fletcher to Ruth Colton\, 1837 May 29
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- Creator: Fletcher, Harriet.
- Description: Topics include Harriet's recent illness, the courtship and marriage of friends and relatives, the birth of Carmoline's daughter, and hints of Ruth's and Andrew's engagement and Harriet's engagement.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Andrew Fletcher to Ruth Colton\, circa 1838 April
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- Creator: Fletcher, Andrew.
- Description: Topics include Andrew's proposal of marriage to Ruth.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1852 August 8 and October 9
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- Creator: Harvey, Mary.
- Description: Topics include Mary's trip back home during warm weather, her family members' activities, and the numbing illness of Cornelius that last several weeks.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Betsey Verona Jagua to Ruth Fletcher\, [1855?] January [11?]
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- Creator: Jagua, Betsey Verona.
- Description: Topics include Betsey's continuing ill health, the death of Lemuel's and Matilda's son Carlos, the price of produce and stock, and a recent religious meeting and subsequent conversion of Betsey's husband.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, 1855 February 19
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- Creator: Harvey, Mary.
- Description: Topics include the death of Mary's daughter.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Andrew Craig Fletcher to Ella Fletcher\, 1864 November 2 and Four Addenda
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- Creator: Fletcher, Andrew Craig.
- Description: Topics include lack of trade in St. Albans, his work in a store, and his plans to visit home.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Andrew Craig Fletcher to Family\, 1865 February 13
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- Creator: Fletcher, Andrew Craig.
- Description: Topics include and invitation from Sarah and his family's health.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Lemuel Colton\, Jr. to Ella Fletcher and Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1868 December 27
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- Creator: Colton, Lemuel Jr., Colton, Lemuel.
- Description: Topics include Lemuel Jr.'s school teaching and the death of Moses Shepard Colton.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Marilla Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, no year December 8
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- Creator: Smith, Marilla.
- Description: Topics include their baby, George, the death of Henrietta and Craig's baby, the upcoming wedding of George B. Smith and Lucy Brown, and her hopes to receive a letter from Henrietta.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Catherine Smith to [Henriette Fletcher?]\, no year March 28
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- Creator: Smith, Catherine.
- Description: Topics include a letter from Edward, Henrietta's and family's escape from fire, and the activities of neighbors.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family