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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Miniature of Zebina and Lois Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher and Lydia Colton\, 1850 January 20
Zebina and Lois Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher and Lydia Colton\, 1850 January 20
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    • Creator: Colton, Zebina., Colton, Lois.
    • Description: Topics include the location of the old family record, their son Curtis' ill health, and Zebina's desire that Andrew should purchase his farm in Pierpont.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1850 February 26
    Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1850 February 26
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      • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
      • Description: Topics include Mary's brother Cornelius' move to Massachusetts, her spelling school activities, her health and medicinal treatments, and inquiries about friends and family.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Betsey Verona Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, 1850 April 28 and Moses S. Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, undated
      Betsey Verona Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, 1850 April 28 and Moses S. Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, undated
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        • Creator: Colton, Betsey Verona., Colton, Moses Shepard.
        • Description: Topics include Carseldana's remarriage, Lyman Colton's (nephew) beginning of work as shoe maker, an illegibly named person's marriage, the milder climate of Indiana, the state of the farm in Indiana, and the state of family members' health.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, [1850?] January 13
        Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, [1850?] January 13
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          • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
          • Description: Topics include her trip home previously and the entertaining she did, the activities of her brothers Cornelius and Levi, attending the New Years Ball in Peacham, and church meetings in the schoolhouse.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of [Mary Harvey?] to Ruth Fletcher\, 1850 December 11
          [Mary Harvey?] to Ruth Fletcher\, 1850 December 11
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            • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
            • Description: Topics include her difficulties with the father of a girl who was helping with her boarding house, Field's (?) departure for California, other departures, her eye trouble, and the health and activities of her children.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1850 April 28
            Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1850 April 28
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              • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
              • Description: Topics include her new dress and silver ware, her brother Cornelius in Massachusetts, and the activities of friends and family.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family