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 Lucy Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1879 November 27
Lucy Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1879 November 27
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    • Creator: Smith, Lucy.
    • Description: Topics include knitting, the illness of Edward's daughter, and boarding Henrietta for a month.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [between 1885-1887?]
    Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [between 1885-1887?]
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      • Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta.
      • Description: Topics include their family's attempt to buy a hotel.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, [1884?] May 5
      Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, [1884?] May 5
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        • Creator: Hubbard, Willis.
        • Description: Topics include traveling west through Chicago to Dakota Territory and his plans to get a job in a printing office.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Carrie Fletcher to [s.n.] Fitch\, 1885 February 2
        Carrie Fletcher to [s.n.] Fitch\, 1885 February 2
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          • Creator: Fletcher, Carrie.
          • Description: Topics include Miss Fitch pinching Carrie's arm.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of George B. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1885 May 11
          George B. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1885 May 11
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            • Creator: Smith, George B.
            • Description: Topics include a missing letter from Henrietta to her mother.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 June 1
            Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 June 1
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              • Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta.
              • Description: Topics include her guess about the condition of a young woman in the neighborhood and the return of students to school.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1885 November 15
              Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1885 November 15
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                • Creator: Smith, Edward C.
                • Description: Topics include settling their mother's estate.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of Catherine Smith to Family\, [1885?] January 31
                Catherine Smith to Family\, [1885?] January 31
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                  • Creator: Smith, Catherine.
                  • Description: Topics include her illness, her wool spinning activities, her son Edward's new house in California, neighborhood illnesses and deaths, the purchase of a battery, Jessie's wedding, and asking the cause of cattle deaths in the Fletcher's area.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                  Miniature of Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine and Carrie Fletcher\, [1887] October 21
                  Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine and Carrie Fletcher\, [1887] October 21
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                    • Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta.
                    • Description: Topics include those staying with her to help and Carrie staying with Katherine until Saturday.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                    Miniature of Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [1886] December 14
                    Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [1886] December 14
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                      • Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta.
                      • Description: Topics include Rhett's illness.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family