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 Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1883 March 17
Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1883 March 17
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    • Creator: Colton, Lemuel.
    • Description: Topics include the death of Lemuel's wife Matilda.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1883 October 10
    Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1883 October 10
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      • Creator: Colton, Lemuel.
      • Description: Topics include Lemuel's plans to visit with Mary (Harvey?), his stable but poor health, and the cool summer and reduced crop yields of 1883 in Indiana.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Unidentified to Katherine Fletcher\, 1883 January 23
      Unidentified to Katherine Fletcher\, 1883 January 23
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        • Creator: Unidentified.
        • Description: Topics include a friend's party.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Lucy Smith to [Katherine Fletcher?]\, 1883 April 15
        Lucy Smith to [Katherine Fletcher?]\, 1883 April 15
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          • Creator: Smith, Lucy.
          • Description: Topics include school studies, family news, and the plans to tear down the Presbyterian Church in Malone, NY, and build another one and a Court House.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1883 February 22
          Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher\, 1883 February 22
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            • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
            • Description: Topics include details of Mary's work on their farm and house, her son Clark's work in school, her daughter Lizzie's and her son-in-law Frank's land in Beloit, Kansas,and their home, family, and material goods, her brother Cyrus Cornelius' money making schemes and how he left his wife for another woman, and her desire to visit Ruth in Vermont.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of [Katherine Fletcher?] to Carl Smith\, 1883 April 29
            [Katherine Fletcher?] to Carl Smith\, 1883 April 29
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              • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
              • Description: Topics include her sister Carrie's recent illness with St. Vitus' dance (Chorea) and her own attempts to collect advertising cards.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of Angie Day to Katherine Fletcher\, 1883 May 6
              Angie Day to Katherine Fletcher\, 1883 May 6
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                • Creator: Day, Angie.
                • Description: Topics include her current work for her cousin and possible work for Katherine's family, visiting an organ, and Katherine's and Carrie's musical studies.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of Catherine Smith to Katherine Fletcher\, [circa 1883] November 30
                Catherine Smith to Katherine Fletcher\, [circa 1883] November 30
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                  • Creator: Smith, Catherine.
                  • Description: Topics include a storm, selling hops, local intemperance, and the activities of family members.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                  Miniature of [Katherine Fletcher?] to Lucy Smith\, 1883 July 9
                  [Katherine Fletcher?] to Lucy Smith\, 1883 July 9
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                    • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
                    • Description: Topics include a fourth of July outing to North Cambridge, VT, and the end of the school term activities.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                    Miniature of Edward C. Smith to Katherine Fletcher\, 1883 December 30
                    Edward C. Smith to Katherine Fletcher\, 1883 December 30
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                      • Creator: Smith, Edward C.
                      • Description: Topics include Christmas gifts each of the family members received and his business prospects and salary.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family