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- Lydia Colton to Ruth Fletcher, no year March [3?]
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Topics include a balsam medicine which she takes for her neck ailment, a local girl who had a premonition of her own death in a dream, Church meetings, and her sewing activities.
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- Lyman Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1875 February 9
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Topics include the death of his father Moses in 1868, the death of his sister Verona in 1872, his abuse as a boy at the hands of Enos Fletcher, his children and wife and their health, and the devestation in Kansas from the grasshoppers and the resulting famine and poverty affecting his family.
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- Lyman Colton to Ruth Fletcher, 1853 May 15
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Topics include Lyman's apology for his behavior when staying with the Fletchers for two years as a child.
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- Lyman Colton to Ruth Fletcher, 1855 August 28
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Topics include his father's (Moses Shepard) visit to Vermont, the state of their crops, and the high number of illnesses in their area.
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- Lyman Colton to Ruth Fletcher, 1862 March 30
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Topics include Lyman's sugar making work, his daughter, his wife's health, and building and work plans.
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- Lyman Colton to Ruth Fletcher, 1868 February 23
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Topics include the prices of crops, stock, and other food stuffs, the health of family members, and local religious activities.
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- Lyman Colton to Ruth Fletcher, [1858?] April 23
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Topics include his recent activities, the health and activities of his family, the birth of his sister Verona's child, Sarah Eveline, and his desire to begin ministerial work.
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- Maria Fletcher to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1846 October 4 and Lydia Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, [1846?] October
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Topics include church meetings, the health of family members and friends, and Lydia's work and pay.
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- Maria Horner to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1854 August 20
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Topics include her recent illness and religious activities.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher and to Ella [s.n.], 1892 December 29
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Topics include Andrew Fletcher's death, some unexplained trouble that ensued for Ruth Fletcher and was resolved by Charles Hogan, and Ruth's plans to move in with her daughter Ella and husband.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1850 April 28
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Topics include her new dress and silver ware, her brother Cornelius in Massachusetts, and the activities of friends and family.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1850 February 26
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Topics include Mary's brother Cornelius' move to Massachusetts, her spelling school activities, her health and medicinal treatments, and inquiries about friends and family.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1852 August 8 and October 9
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Topics include Mary's trip back home during warm weather, her family members' activities, and the numbing illness of Cornelius that last several weeks.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1853 August 26
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Topics include the birth of her Mary's daughter, and the health of family members.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1855 January 26
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Topics include the illnesses and deaths among friends, neighbors, and family.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1855 July 30
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Topics include a family visit, Uncle's hurt hand, runaway horses, the birth of a neighbor's daughter, and the sale of wood.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1864 April 19
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Topics include the birth of her son, their work on the farm, and school teachers and qualification in Iowa.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1868 October 6
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Topics include her difficulties with her husband, her brother Levi's family, her children, the difficulties of women compared to men due to the machinery used in men's work, and the flourishing of her community in Iowa.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1883 February 22
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Topics include details of Mary's work on their farm and house, her son Clark's work in school, her daughter Lizzie's and her son-in-law Frank's land in Beloit, Kansas,and their home, family, and material goods, her brother Cyrus Cornelius' money making schemes and how he left his wife for another...
Show moreTopics include details of Mary's work on their farm and house, her son Clark's work in school, her daughter Lizzie's and her son-in-law Frank's land in Beloit, Kansas,and their home, family, and material goods, her brother Cyrus Cornelius' money making schemes and how he left his wife for another woman, and her desire to visit Ruth in Vermont.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1884 March 22
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Topics include Mary's visit to see her brother Levi and his family in Michigan and framing her photographs from Ruth.