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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63 Fletcher, Henrietta. 50 Fletcher, Katherine. 33 Smith, Catherine. 31 Harvey, Mary. 30 Smith, Edward C. 27 Fletcher, Carrie. 23 Colton, Lemuel. 14 Smith, George B. 13 Hubbard, Willis. 12 Fletcher, Andrew Craig. 11 Flagg, Mamie. 9 Colton, Moses Shepard. 8 [s.n.], Joe. 6 Colton, Ellen. 6 Colton, Lyman. 6 Guild, Tom. 6 Jagua, Betsey Verona. 6 L[eland?], Lucy. 6 Pratt, Cyrus Cornelius. 5 Colton, Lydia. 5 Fletcher, Harriet. 5 Smith, Lucy. 4 Colton, Betsey Verona. 4 Unidentified. 3 Fletcher, Ruth. 3 George, Nida. 3 Newcomb, Will. 3 Perry, Jennie. 3 Smith, Marilla. 2 Barton, Ida. 2 Colton, Carlos. 2 Colton, Curtis. 2 Colton, Lemuel Jr. 2 Colton, Lois. 2 Colton, Zebina. 2 D.C. Heath & Co. 2 Davis, Cora. 2 Fletcher, Elias. 2 Fletcher, Maria. 2 Hamm, A.J. 2 Johnson, Mary A. 2 Nolan, Sarah. 2 Oakes, Della. 2 Pratt, Mary. 2 Sprague, George. 2 [s.n.], Lucy. 1 Allen, Viola. 1 Alvord, S.H. 1 Barton, H. 1 Blodgett, Carrie. 1 Carbee, Julie. 1 Carroll, Carrie. 1 Church, Ellen. 1 Clark, Ira. 1 Clark, Mary. 1 Cleveland, Mrs. G.D. 1 Colton, Arvilla. 1 Colton, Carseldana. 1 Colton, Lue. 1 Cornell, Marion. 1 Culver, E.W. 1 Day, Angie. 1 Dixon, Ashley. 1 Ervins, Blanch. 1 Fallangton, Harry. 1 Fletcher, Andrew. 1 Fletcher, Enos. 1 Fletcher, Jane. 1 Galushia, Julie. 1 Grean, Myrtie. 1 Gris, Clara. 1 Grout, W.P. 1 Harrington, Gertie. 1 Hobart, Lizzie. 1 Hodgkin, Harriet. 1 Hogan, C.P. 1 Hogan, Charles. 1 Horner, Maria. 1 Maude, Carrie. 1 Melvin, Addie. 1 Perham, Harriet. 1 Pettengill, P.H. 1 Powell, P.A. 1 Powers, Mary M. 1 Powers, Mary. 1 Quimby, Addie. 1 R., Lulu F. 1 Shepard, Isaac. 1 Smith, Carl. 1 Smith, Katie. 1 Snelson, H.W. 1 Sprague, Martha. 1 T., Almira. 1 Thompson, C.R. 1 Thorp, Ida. 1 Thorp, Isa. 1 [Burnell], [M.S.?]. 1 [Fallangton?], Harry. 1 [Herrick?], E.D. 1 [Whipple], [Mrs. Abed?]. 1 [s.n.], Alberta. 1 [s.n.], Burton. 1 [s.n.], Ella. 1 [s.n.], Florence. 1 [s.n.], Gene. 1 [s.n.], M. 1 [s.n.], Nate. 1 [s.n.], S.

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452 Fletcher Family
Miniature of [Harry Fallangton?] to Katherine Fletcher\, [1887?] September 1
[Harry Fallangton?] to Katherine Fletcher\, [1887?] September 1
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    • Creator: Fallangton, Harry.
    • Description: Topics include writing to Katherine despite Professor Campbell, and an interaction with some girls(?).
    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
    Miniature of Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [1887 October 8] and Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher
    Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [1887 October 8] and Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher
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      • Creator: Fletcher, Carrie., Fletcher, Henrietta.
      • Description: Topics include a visit from grandparents, activities with friends and school, return of a music teacher, and having a dress made.
      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
      Miniature of Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 January 8
      Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 January 8
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        • Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta.
        • Description: Topics include not selling the hay, Bent deciding to stay in California, picking up Katherine's dress, and trying to get Katherine a teaching position for the following summer term.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
        Miniature of E.D. [Herrick?] to Katherine Fletcher\, [1888?] March 28
        E.D. [Herrick?] to Katherine Fletcher\, [1888?] March 28
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          • Creator: [Herrick?], E.D.
          • Description: Topics include Highgate, VT's plans to hire the teacher of the previous term.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
          Miniature of Joe [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 June 25
          Joe [s.n.] to Katherine Fletcher\, 1888 June 25
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            • Creator: [s.n.], Joe.
            • Description: Topics include not being able to find a horse and so not being able to visit with her.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
            Miniature of Harriet Fletcher to Ruth Colton\, 1837 October 5
            Harriet Fletcher to Ruth Colton\, 1837 October 5
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              • Creator: Fletcher, Harriet.
              • Description: Topics include a desired visit from Ruth.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
              Miniature of Lemuel Colton to Ruth Colton\, 1839 March 10
              Lemuel Colton to Ruth Colton\, 1839 March 10
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                • Creator: Colton, Lemuel.
                • Description: Topics include the ill health of his sister Susan, the coming marriage of Ruth to Andrew Fletcher, the hard winter past in Ohio, which he thinks was not hard but is causing an exodus further west, and the possibility of other family members coming west to meet him.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                Miniature of Harriet Hodgkin to Ruth Fletcher\, 1851 April 18
                Harriet Hodgkin to Ruth Fletcher\, 1851 April 18
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                  • Creator: Hodgkin, Harriet.
                  • Description: Topics include the death of Ruth's daughter.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                  Miniature of Betsey Verona Colton to Ruth Fletcher and Lydia Willey\, 1852 May 20
                  Betsey Verona Colton to Ruth Fletcher and Lydia Willey\, 1852 May 20
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                    • Creator: Colton, Betsey Verona.
                    • Description: Topics include the death of Betsey's grandmother (Ruth's mother), their home and farm in Indiana, her health, age, and physical statistics, and the activities of family members.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family
                    Miniature of Ellen Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, 1858 October 31
                    Ellen Colton to Ruth Fletcher\, 1858 October 31
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                      • Creator: Colton, Ellen.
                      • Description: Topics include her mother's poor health and medicinal use of opium, her brother Carlos' teaching activities, and her loneliness after the death of her brother Curtis.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family