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 Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 March 5 and [Henrietta Fletcher] to Katherine Fletcher
Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 March 5 and [Henrietta Fletcher] to Katherine Fletcher
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    • Creator: Fletcher, Carrie., Fletcher, Henrietta.
    • Description: Topics include sending Carrie paper, Carrie's school studies, and Henrietta's sewing.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 April 22 and Florence [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher
    Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 April 22 and Florence [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher
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      • Creator: Fletcher, Carrie., [s.n.], Florence.
      • Description: Topics include Carrie's stiff neck, her plans to teach in the Notch with some friends, and their "gentlemen" visitors.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of [Mamie Flagg] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 April 24
      [Mamie Flagg] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 April 24
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        • Creator: Flagg, Mamie.
        • Description: Topics include taking her teacher's examination, having sugar on snow, C.A. Weston and Willis Hubbard's governmental appointments, and her desire to live where people had more "spunk."
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1887 May 5
        Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1887 May 5
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          • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
          • Description: Topics include dress styles, materials, and the costs of having one made, her recent illness, preparations for the "B" Class Exhibition, and the costs of having photographs taken to exchange with other students.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 June 20 and Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher and Note of address
          Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 June 20 and Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher and Note of address
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            • Creator: Fletcher, Carrie., Fletcher, Henrietta.
            • Description: Topics include the family's plans to come to the school Wednesday evening, Katherine's teaching position in Jeffersonville, and raising the money for her board next term.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 January 2
            Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 January 2
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              • Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta.
              • Description: Topics include family members with colds, Katherine's nerves and temper, and the conditions of a loan.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of D.C. Heath & Co. to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 March 6
              D.C. Heath & Co. to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 March 6
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                • Creator: D.C. Heath & Co.
                • Description: Topics include a disagreement over an invoice on Katherine's purchase of maps.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of [Jennie Perry] to Katherine Fletcher\, [1888] March 20
                [Jennie Perry] to Katherine Fletcher\, [1888] March 20
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                  • Creator: Perry, Jennie.
                  • Description: Topics include activities of former schoolmates, the class letter being sent around, a blizzard, getting a telegraph line installed in South Hero, and attending an exhibition at Town Hall for a school.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                  Miniature of Joe [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 March 25
                  Joe [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 March 25
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                    • Creator: [s.n.], Joe.
                    • Description: Topics include not being able to visit Katherine as planned due to the mud and a falling out with his girl friend, Nell.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                    Miniature of Will Newcomb to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 May 17
                    Will Newcomb to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 May 17
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                      • Creator: Newcomb, Will.
                      • Description: Topics include Katherine's teaching, his farming and learning to drive a two-wheel cart, former schoolmates and their activities, and wanting to go to the mountains with Katherine sometime.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family