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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56 Fletcher Family
Miniature of Lucy [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 February 11
Lucy [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 February 11
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    • Creator: [s.n.], Lucy.
    • Description: Topics include the death of Mrs. Campbell.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Katherine Fletcher to Classmates at Johnson State Normal School\, 1888 March 3
    Katherine Fletcher to Classmates at Johnson State Normal School\, 1888 March 3
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      • Creator: Fletcher, Katherine.
      • Description: Topics include her activities since graduation and recalling good times with her classmates.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Lucy [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 April 24
      Lucy [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 April 24
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        • Creator: [s.n.], Lucy.
        • Description: Topics include Katherine's sudden departure for Malone, former schoolmates, and a trip to Burlington to visit the family of her brother's fiancee.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Gene [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 June 4
        Gene [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 June 4
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          • Creator: [s.n.], Gene.
          • Description: Topics include Katherine's recent illness, a couple of local dramatic productions, her visit to Katherine's village, Johnson neighbors, and Katherine's former schoolmates.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Lucy Baker photographic portrait
          Lucy Baker photographic portrait
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            • Creator: Unidentified.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Wilmer Hill photographic portrait
            Wilmer Hill photographic portrait
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              • Creator: Merrill, [s.n.].
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of Tom [Guild] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 February 26
              Tom [Guild] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 February 26
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                • Creator: Guild, Tom.
                • Description: Topics include social activities including visiting and dancing with friends, recollections of school days and talks with Katherine, and former schoolmates of both of them.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of Joe [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 February 29 and Katherine Fletcher to Nate [s.n.] and Nate [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher and Mamie Flagg to Katherine Fletcher and Mamie Flagg to Katherine Fletcher and [Mamie Flagg?] to Katherine Fletcher
                Joe [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 February 29 and Katherine Fletcher to Nate [s.n.] and Nate [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher and Mamie Flagg to Katherine Fletcher and Mamie Flagg to Katherine Fletcher and [Mamie Flagg?] to Katherine Fletcher
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                  • Creator: [s.n.], Joe., [s.n.], Nate., Flagg, Mamie., Fletcher, Katherine.
                  • Description: Topics include activities since the end of term, entries in autograph books, and Mamie Flagg's illness.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                  Miniature of Joe [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 March 27
                  Joe [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 March 27
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                    • Creator: [s.n.], Joe.
                    • Description: Topics include his plans to visit on the train the following weekend.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                    Miniature of [M.S. Burnell?] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 March 29
                    [M.S. Burnell?] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 March 29
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                      • Creator: [Burnell], [M.S.?].
                      • Description: Topics include having already filled the teaching position for the Spring term in the town of Wolcott.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family