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 Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 July 30
Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 July 30
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    • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
    • Description: Topics include a family visit, Uncle's hurt hand, runaway horses, the birth of a neighbor's daughter, and the sale of wood.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Ellen Colton to [Carlos Colton?]\, 1855 November 29
    Ellen Colton to [Carlos Colton?]\, 1855 November 29
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      • Creator: Colton, Ellen.
      • Description: Topics include Ellen's graduation, her work in a factory in Danville, and the death of her father, Zebina Colton. The letter is to one of her brothers, probably Carlos.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of [Mary Harvey?] to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, 1860 January 19
      [Mary Harvey?] to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, 1860 January 19
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        • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
        • Description: Topics include the prices of grains and stocks in Illinois, the village conditions and organizations, and the state of their farm. This letter is a fragment: the final page or pages are missing, including the closing signature. The attribution of authorship is based on the handwriting and topics of the letter.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Ruth Fletcher to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1864 August 19
        Ruth Fletcher to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1864 August 19
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          • Creator: Fletcher, Ruth.
          • Description: Topics include Ruth's distress at hearing of her son's plans to enlist in the war, the death of a cousin Laura, the health of his sister Ella, and the visit of Edson and his family.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Andrew Craig Fletcher to Family\, 1864 December 4
          Andrew Craig Fletcher to Family\, 1864 December 4
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            • Creator: Fletcher, Andrew Craig.
            • Description: Topics include arrests in St. Albans and his plans to go to school.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Image Published with Transcript
            Image Published with Transcript
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              • Description: Topics include raising funds to hire Henrietta and Craig, his current debt, and a local fire.
              Miniature of Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, undated
              Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, undated
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                • Creator: Colton, Lemuel.
                • Description: Topics include the marriage of their son Lemuel, the death of their niece Verona, and their material circumstances.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of Mary A. Johnson to Ruth Colton\, no year July 7
                Mary A. Johnson to Ruth Colton\, no year July 7
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                  • Creator: Johnson, Mary A.
                  • Description: Topics include Mary's teaching and future work plans, and the birth of two children.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                  Miniature of [Lemuel Colton?] to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher and Lydia Colton\, 1840 February 18
                  [Lemuel Colton?] to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher and Lydia Colton\, 1840 February 18
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                    • Creator: Colton, Lemuel.
                    • Description: Topics include the deaths of Clark and Susan Pratt and the activities of Moses Shepard Colton and his family.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                    Miniature of Bestsey Verona Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, 1852 December 24
                    Bestsey Verona Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, 1852 December 24
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                      • Creator: Colton, Betsey Verona.
                      • Description: Topics include the death of Verona's Grandmother (Ruth's mother), Carseldana (Verona's sister), the birth of Carlos Colton to Lemuel and Matilda, and the recovery of Curtis Colton.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family