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 Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [1887 November 14]
Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [1887 November 14]
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    • Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta.
    • Description: Topics include not visiting Johnson because of the weather, moving in to their new house, and the various people who have helped them.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [circa 1887] March 25
    Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [circa 1887] March 25
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      • Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta.
      • Description: Topics include finishing a rug, working on a dress, Carrie's poor health, Craig's logging, poor sugaring, and sending Katherine a dollar.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [circa 1887]
      Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [circa 1887]
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        • Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta.
        • Description: Topics include getting Katherine some shoes, Ida Barton's illness, and Carrie coming to Johnson to visit.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 January 14
        Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 January 14
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          • Creator: Fletcher, Carrie.
          • Description: Topics include Rhett's improved health, her desire to study U.S. History, and plans to have friends over that night.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Katherine Fletcher to Carrie Fletcher\, 1887 March 26
          Katherine Fletcher to Carrie Fletcher\, 1887 March 26
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            • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
            • Description: Topics include their colds, preparing her piece for the B Class Public Club exhibition, joining the Christian Endeavor Society, the importance of studying Arithmetic, and Miss Gordon moving from their boarding house.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1887 June 4
            Katherine Fletcher to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1887 June 4
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              • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
              • Description: Topics include paying for her board, preparing for her exhibition and her examination, having her dress made, her illness and that of classmates, and almost being seventeen.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1887 July 7
              Edward C. Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1887 July 7
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                • Creator: Smith, Edward C.
                • Description: Topics include a camping trip he took with his son Carl to Yosemite, settling his share of their Mother's estate, and his business prospects.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of [Mamie Flagg?] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 July 5
                [Mamie Flagg?] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 July 5
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                  • Creator: Flagg, Mamie.
                  • Description: Topics include attending a (Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour?) Convention by taking a sailboat across the lake, activities with her friends, Katherine teaching, and she not.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                  Miniature of Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 December 6
                  Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1887 December 6
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                    • Creator: Fletcher, Carrie.
                    • Description: Topics include a new teacher at the Jeffersonville school, speaking a piece at a public recitation, and a request that Katherine send another piece for her to learn.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                    Miniature of Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, 1887 February 7
                    Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher\, 1887 February 7
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                      • Creator: Harvey, Mary.
                      • Description: Topics include the health and activities of Mary's family members and her desire for a visit from Andrew and Ruth.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family