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 Lizzie Hobart to Ruth Fletcher\, 1884 [November?] 7
Lizzie Hobart to Ruth Fletcher\, 1884 [November?] 7
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    • Creator: Hobart, Lizzie.
    • Description: Topics include the weather, crops, and building projects in Beloit, Kansas, the election, a week of lectures by Mrs. Maley(?), and the activities of family members.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Catherine Smith to [Edward C. Smith?]\, 1884 March 3
    Catherine Smith to [Edward C. Smith?]\, 1884 March 3
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      • Creator: Smith, Catherine.
      • Description: Topics include a big snow storm in Burke, NY, B(ent)'s lumber hauling business, and scarlet fever among the children in the community.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Cyrus Cornelius Pratt to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1884 June 8
      Cyrus Cornelius Pratt to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1884 June 8
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        • Creator: Pratt, Cyrus Cornelius.
        • Description: Topics include a visit from Cornelius' sister Mary Harvey and aunt Mandana Wyatt.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, 1884 August 5
        Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, 1884 August 5
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          • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
          • Description: Topics include Mary's visits from Aunt Mandana Wyatt and Mary Harvey Underwood after her own return from visiting Ruth, a thirteen year old girl that is helping her, and the poor health of her brother Levi Pratt.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Sarah Nolan to Catherine Smith\, 1884 February 11 and Catherine Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, undated
          Sarah Nolan to Catherine Smith\, 1884 February 11 and Catherine Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, undated
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            • Creator: Nolan, Sarah., Smith, Catherine.
            • Description: Topics include the various activities and health of family members, having photographs taken, and Henrietta's crazy quilt project.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, [1884?] May 5
            Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, [1884?] May 5
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              • Creator: Hubbard, Willis.
              • Description: Topics include traveling west through Chicago to Dakota Territory and his plans to get a job in a printing office.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of [Katherine Fletcher?] to Willis [Hubbard?]\, 1884 June 7
              [Katherine Fletcher?] to Willis [Hubbard?]\, 1884 June 7
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                • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
                • Description: Topics include the addressee's absence and homesickness.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of Catherine Smith to Henrietta Fletcher and Family\, 1884 July 10
                Catherine Smith to Henrietta Fletcher and Family\, 1884 July 10
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                  • Creator: Smith, Catherine.
                  • Description: Topics include the farming activities in her community, the activities and health of family members, and her own loss of strength.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                  Miniature of Catherine Smith to Henrietta Fletcher and Family\, [circa 1884] January 27
                  Catherine Smith to Henrietta Fletcher and Family\, [circa 1884] January 27
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                    • Creator: Smith, Catherine.
                    • Description: Topics include making and dyeing clothes for young Rhett, the winter weather, and household activities.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                    Miniature of Catherine Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, [circa 1884] March 4
                    Catherine Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, [circa 1884] March 4
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                      • Creator: Smith, Catherine.
                      • Description: Topics include various injuries or illnesses in the family, the cold weather, Bent's attempts to get lumber for his barn, and young Eddie's mischief making.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family