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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52 Fletcher Family
Miniature of Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 March 31
Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 March 31
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    • Creator: Hubbard, Willis.
    • Description: Topics include misunderstandings regarding his last letter to Katherine.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Lucy Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1885 June 9
    Lucy Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1885 June 9
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      • Creator: Smith, Lucy.
      • Description: Topics include the poor health of Catherine Smith.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 December 28
      Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 December 28
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        • Creator: Hubbard, Willis.
        • Description: Topics include a party to which he hopes Katherine will accompany him.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [between 1885 and 1888]
        Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [between 1885 and 1888]
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          • Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta.
          • Description: Topics include feeding a number of visitors at their inn, Carrie's activities and studies at Johnson, and Bessie.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 March 10
          Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 March 10
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            • Creator: Hubbard, Willis.
            • Description: Topics include attending a party, Katherine's time at Johnson Normal School, and exchanging photographs.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 June 11
            Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 June 11
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              • Creator: Fletcher, Carrie.
              • Description: Topics include racing, baby birds in the field, horse riding, and the color of houses.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 October 22
              Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 October 22
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                • Creator: Hubbard, Willis.
                • Description: Topics include attending Lodge, Katherine's room-mate, and a suggestion that Jeffersonville youth form a dramatic club.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher and Name Card\, [circa 1885 February 14]
                Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher and Name Card\, [circa 1885 February 14]
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                  • Creator: Hubbard, Willis.
                  • Description: Topics include a Valentine's Day poem from Will Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                  Miniature of Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, [1885] February 17
                  Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, [1885] February 17
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                    • Creator: Hubbard, Willis.
                    • Description: Topics include an argument with Gertie Whitcomb, Katherine passing the Normal School examination, his plans to go to school next fall and to go West in a year, and questions about Katherine's school.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                    Miniature of Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1885 June 14 and Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1885 June 24
                    Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1885 June 14 and Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1885 June 24
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                      • Creator: Smith, Edward C., Fletcher, Katherine.
                      • Description: Topics include Edward's prosperity in California, his refusal of a business proposition from Henrietta, and Katherine's concern about Catherine Smith's health.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family