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\, 1874 January 19
Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1874 January 19
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    • Creator: Smith, Edward C.
    • Description: Topics include Edward's daughter's very poor health as a result of a bite, his accounts, and sending him sugar to sell.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Edward C. Smith to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1874 May 17
    Edward C. Smith to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1874 May 17
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      • Creator: Smith, Edward C.
      • Description: Topics include the good health of his family, how and when to send sugar, and the abundance of fruit and hay produced in Sacramento, California.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Catherine Smith to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1874 November 27
      Catherine Smith to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1874 November 27
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        • Creator: Smith, Catherine.
        • Description: Topics include the shipment of sugar to Edward, her cough, and the various activities of family members.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1874 February 2
        Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1874 February 2
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          • Creator: Smith, Edward C.
          • Description: Topics include the improved health of his daughter, his accounts in Vermont, and the potential trade of goods between Vermont and California, especially sugar.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1874 August 2
          Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1874 August 2
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            • Creator: Smith, Edward C.
            • Description: Topics include an injury he incurred while trying to put a halter on a wild mustang, arrangements for receiving sugar from Craig, and plans to send canned fruit and pictures.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Unidentified to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1874 December 8
            Unidentified to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1874 December 8
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              • Creator: Unidentified.
              • Description: Topics include her move into the town of Owatonna and a request to write news of family members and to visit.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of Edward C. Smith to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1874 June 15
              Edward C. Smith to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher\, 1874 June 15
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                • Creator: Smith, Edward C.
                • Description: Topics include the skeleton of a whale Edward found on the beach, immense wheat fields, giant redwoods, wild animals, and the climate in California, his request for sugar from Craig to sell in California, his injured hand, and the health of his family.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family