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 Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1873 June 12
Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1873 June 12
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    • Creator: Smith, Edward C.
    • Description: Topics include the scenes, geography, native peoples, and dramatic railroad routes of their trip west and settling his accounts.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of George B. Smith to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1873 October 16
    George B. Smith to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1873 October 16
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      • Creator: Smith, George B.
      • Description: Topics include the accounts regarding George's attempts to sell Craig's maple syrup.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1873 May 26
      Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1873 May 26
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        • Creator: Smith, Edward C.
        • Description: Topics include Henrietta and Craig settling his accounts and sending his trunks in preparation of his move to California.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1873 July 2
        Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1873 July 2
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          • Creator: Smith, Edward C.
          • Description: Topics include Edward and his family's health and financial situation in California.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Catherine Smith to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1873 September 8
          Catherine Smith to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1873 September 8
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            • Creator: Smith, Catherine.
            • Description: Topics include Catherine's poor health, her mother's poor health, her plans to visit, and Edward's need of money.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1873 November 30 and Invoice for [Hack Raymon?]\, 1873 December 1
            Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1873 November 30 and Invoice for [Hack Raymon?]\, 1873 December 1
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              • Creator: Smith, Edward C.
              • Description: Topics include managing Edward's accounts through agents in Vermont, the birth of his daughter, the health of his family, the climate in California, and selling his Milk Pans.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of George B. Smith to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1873 May 12 and Edward C. Smith to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1873 May 13
              George B. Smith to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1873 May 12 and Edward C. Smith to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1873 May 13
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                • Creator: Smith, George B., Smith, Edward C.
                • Description: Topics include a request for Craig to send maple syrup and other bulk goods to George.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, 1873 December 23
                Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, 1873 December 23
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                  • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
                  • Description: Topics include the marriage of her daughter Lizzie, land acquisitions in Kansas, rail and road projects in Vermont, and sending photographs of family members including Craig, his wife, and his daughter.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                  Miniature of Edward C. Smith to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1873 May 20
                  Edward C. Smith to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1873 May 20
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                    • Creator: Smith, Edward C.
                    • Description: Topics include communication and keeping accounts after an undescribed incident.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                    Miniature of George B. Smith to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, [1873?] May 24
                    George B. Smith to Andrew Craig Fletcher\, [1873?] May 24
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                      • Creator: Smith, George B.
                      • Description: Topics include George not needing further maple syrup or other supplies from Andrew Craig Fletcher.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family