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.

List

Gallery

Information

Showing 1 - 10 of 10 Records

Relevance Title (A-Z) Title (Z-A) Year (0-9) Year (9-0)
10 25 50 100
Active filters
Created Date Year Sort: 1855   Remove all  

10 text

10 Fletcher Family
Miniature of Ellen Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, [circa 1855] April 22
Ellen Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, [circa 1855] April 22
Image nop
    • Creator: Colton, Ellen.
    • Description: Topics include a visit to Mary and Caleb Harvey's house, her work in a factory, and the health of various family members.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Lyman Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 August 28
    Lyman Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 August 28
    Image nop
      • Creator: Colton, Lyman.
      • Description: Topics include his father's (Moses Shepard) visit to Vermont, the state of their crops, and the high number of illnesses in their area.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 January 26
      Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 January 26
      Image nop
        • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
        • Description: Topics include the illnesses and deaths among friends, neighbors, and family.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Harriet Perham to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 December 9
        Harriet Perham to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 December 9
        Image nop
          • Creator: Perham, Harriet.
          • Description: Topics include H's recent illness.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Betsey Verona Jagua to Ruth Fletcher\, [1855?] January [11?]
          Betsey Verona Jagua to Ruth Fletcher\, [1855?] January [11?]
          Image nop
            • Creator: Jagua, Betsey Verona.
            • Description: Topics include Betsey's continuing ill health, the death of Lemuel's and Matilda's son Carlos, the price of produce and stock, and a recent religious meeting and subsequent conversion of Betsey's husband.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, 1855 February 19
            Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, 1855 February 19
            Image nop
              • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
              • Description: Topics include the death of Mary's daughter.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of Moses S. Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 October 28
              Moses S. Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 October 28
              Image nop
                • Creator: Colton, Moses Shepard.
                • Description: Topics include the details of Moses' return trip from Vermont to Indiana, the family of Zebina, and the prices and conditions of their produce and stock.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 July 30
                Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 July 30
                Image nop
                  • 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
                  Image nop
                    • 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 Curtis Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 December 5
                    Curtis Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, 1855 December 5
                    Image nop
                      • Creator: Colton, Curtis.
                      • Description: Topics include the illness and death of his father, Zebina Colton.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family