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. 20 Unidentified. 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 Gauvin Brothers 3 Fletcher, Ruth. 3 George, Nida. 3 Merrill, [s.n.]. 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 Carey, E.M. 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 Huard and Langlois 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.

477 Fletcher Family
Miniature of Katherine Fletcher to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, [circa 1887]
Katherine Fletcher to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, [circa 1887]
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    • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
    • Description: Topics include asking for money and for more news from home.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, undated
    Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, undated
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      • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
      • Description: Topics include where she would like to teach the next term and Carrie's injured ankle.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1886 January 7
      Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1886 January 7
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        • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
        • Description: Topics include Katherine's bad cold, her concerns about her examinations and final grades, and her plans after the term is over.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Alberta [s.n.] to [Katherine Fletcher]\, 1886 February 13
        Alberta [s.n.] to [Katherine Fletcher]\, 1886 February 13
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          • Creator: [s.n.], Alberta.
          • Description: Topics include the addressee's return to health and supposed marriage and a reply to a literary query. This appears to be a joke letter to Katie Fletcher from her roomate of the previous term, Bertie.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1886 October 10
          Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1886 October 10
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            • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
            • Description: Topics include attending a teacher's institute and cutting her hand on a cracked saucer.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1886 November 17
            Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1886 November 17
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              • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
              • Description: Topics include coming home for Thanksgiving break with friends, getting her hat fixed, a sick schoolmate, new schoolmates, and a lecture on Mexico by Professor Ober.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1886 November 20
              Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1886 November 20
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                • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
                • Description: Topics include Katherine's friends not coming home with her after all.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of Mamie Flagg to Katherine Fletcher\, [1887?] April 3
                Mamie Flagg to Katherine Fletcher\, [1887?] April 3
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                  • Creator: Flagg, Mamie.
                  • Description: Topics include feeling bad for a girl many are gossiping about and going for a ride when Katherine visits.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                  Miniature of Edward C. Smith to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 May 22
                  Edward C. Smith to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 May 22
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                    • Creator: Smith, Edward C.
                    • Description: Topics include his plans to take Carl and Marilla to Yosemite Valley and camp along the way and his real estate business.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                    Miniature of Katherine Fletcher to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1887 June 17 and Katherine Fletcher to Carrie Fletcher
                    Katherine Fletcher to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1887 June 17 and Katherine Fletcher to Carrie Fletcher
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                      • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
                      • Description: Topics include raising the money for her board and wanting her parents to attend the school event on Wednesday night.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family