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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Catherine Smith to [Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher?]\, no year April 10
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- Creator: Smith, Catherine.
- Description: Topics include Catherine's recovery from a medical operation.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Catherine Smith to [Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher?]\, no year June 19
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- Creator: Smith, Catherine.
- Description: Topics include Catherine's return to Malone from Manengo, her illness, and the death of her sister Lydia.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Angie Day to Katherine Fletcher\, 1883 May 6
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- Creator: Day, Angie.
- Description: Topics include her current work for her cousin and possible work for Katherine's family, visiting an organ, and Katherine's and Carrie's musical studies.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Sarah Nolan to Catherine Smith\, 1884 February 11 and Catherine Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, undated
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- Creator: Nolan, Sarah., Smith, Catherine.
- Description: Topics include the various activities and health of family members, having photographs taken, and Henrietta's crazy quilt project.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Catherine Smith to Katherine Fletcher\, [circa 1883] November 30
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- Creator: Smith, Catherine.
- Description: Topics include a storm, selling hops, local intemperance, and the activities of family members.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Catherine Smith to [Henrietta Fletcher]\, no year May 20
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- Creator: Smith, Catherine.
- Description: Topics include Henrietta's need for money, the poor economy and its effects on the price of produce, a neighbor's death, and her painful hands.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Carl Smith to Katherine Fletcher\, no year March 28
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- Creator: Smith, Carl.
- Description: Topics include how much he would enjoy sugaring in Vermont, the relative size of San Jose, California, and temperance lodge speakers.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Lucy Smith to Katherine Fletcher\, [1885?] April 5
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- Creator: Smith, Lucy.
- Description: Topics include a photograph of Katherine, their farm work, and the various activities and health of family members.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1885 May 19
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- Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
- Description: Topics include attending a lecture and an outbreak of measles at Johnson Normal school.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 October 18
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- Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta.
- Description: Topics include Craig's travels and business activities, her own furniture painting, and the death of a neighbor while chopping down a tree.
- Parent Collections: Fletcher Family