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 [Mrs. Abed Whipple?] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 April 3
[Mrs. Abed Whipple?] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 April 3
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    • Creator: [Whipple], [Mrs. Abed?].
    • Description: Topics include teaching positions in and near North Pomfret, VT.
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Part of: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Will Newcomb to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 April [26?]
    Will Newcomb to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 April [26?]
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      • Creator: Newcomb, Will.
      • Description: Topics include recalling former school days, his plans to go back to some other school, some of their mutual experiences, the activities of former schoolmates, and plans to ride a buggy in Waterville to prove they are still friends.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Part of: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Carlos Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1888 March 25
      Carlos Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher\, 1888 March 25
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        • Creator: Colton, Carlos.
        • Description: Topics include building a house, his sister Ellen's children, and the separation of Lemuel (Jr.?) and his wife.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Part of: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of Luna Bruce photographic portrait
        Luna Bruce photographic portrait
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          • Creator: Gauvin Brothers
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Part of: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Alma Daggett photographic portrait
          Alma Daggett photographic portrait
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            • Creator: Gauvin Brothers
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Part of: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of [Jennie Perry] to Katherine Fletcher\, [1888] February 10
            [Jennie Perry] to Katherine Fletcher\, [1888] February 10
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              • Creator: Perry, Jennie.
              • Description: Topics include her activities since graduation, her desire to teach in the summer, recalling an "episode" involving cars, and the illness of Mrs. Campbell.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Part of: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of Joe [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 March 7
              Joe [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 March 7
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                • Creator: [s.n.], Joe.
                • Description: Topics include his hurt hand, town meeting in Johnson, VT, and recollections of good times with Katherine.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Part of: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of Tom [Guild] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 March 18
                Tom [Guild] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 March 18
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                  • Creator: Guild, Tom.
                  • Description: Topics include going to balls, visiting female friends, the activities of former classmates, the possibility meeting classmate Bugbee in Minnesota and continuing west to Washington Territory, and Katherine's various male friends.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                  Part of: Fletcher Family
                  Miniature of Tom [Guild] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 April 15
                  Tom [Guild] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 April 15
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                    • Creator: Guild, Tom.
                    • Description: Topics include Katherine's treatment of various young men, the possibility that she will go west, the activities and fortunes of various former schoolmates, his rehearsal of a play, recollections of when they were at Johnson State Normal School, and his chance to take a teaching position in a "graded" school.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                    Part of: Fletcher Family
                    Miniature of C.R. Thompson to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 May 10
                    C.R. Thompson to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 May 10
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                      • Creator: Thompson, C.R.
                      • Description: Topics include his circumstances in Secor, IL, his personal habits, the advertisement he placed and to which Katherine responded, and a suggestion that she get a Post Office Box for their correspondence.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                      Part of: Fletcher Family