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- Cyrus Cornelius Pratt to Ruth Fletcher, 1881 June 4
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Topics include his new position with Iowa Mutual Aid Association and his expectations of making a good deal of money, the health of his family and relatives, and the location of his brother, Levi, in Mt. Ayr, Iowa.
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- Cyrus Cornelius Pratt to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1880 April 12
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Topics include his work for the Burlington (IA) Insurance Company, his son, Clark, and expected birth of another child, and his plans to visit Vermont.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1878 November 20
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Topics include her son Clark's school studies, their family's land acquisitions in Kansas and plans to move there, and the difficulty making a profit in farming.
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- Lemuel Colton, Jr. to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1876 July 5 and Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher
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Topics include Lemuel, Jr.'s recent illness, the effects of the wet summer, the prices of produce, crops, and stock, and the health and activities of various family members.
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- Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1875 August 30
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Topics include the weather and crops and prices in Indiana, and his nephew Lyman's experiences with the grasshoppers in Kansas.
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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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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1873 December 23
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Topics include the marriage of her daughter Lizzie, land acquisitions in Kansas, rail and road projects in Vermont, and sending photographs of family members including Craig, his wife, and his daughter.
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- Ellen Church to Ruth Fletcher, 1869 August 22
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Topics include misunderstandings between them during her last visit and the state of her family and their farm.
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- Lemuel Colton, Jr. to Ella Fletcher and Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1868 December 27
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Topics include Lemuel Jr.'s school teaching and the death of Moses Shepard Colton.
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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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- 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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- Andrew Craig Fletcher to Ruth Fletcher, 1866 November 24
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Topics include his work in St. Albans and his consideration of working in New York.
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- Andrew Craig Fletcher to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1866 July 8
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Topics include his work in a store in St. Albans, meeting friends on July 4, and his recent illness.
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- Betsey Verona Jagua to Ruth Fletcher, 1865 August 20
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Topics include her family's health, her daughter, Sarah Everline, the photograph of Craig which Ruth had sent, and the state of their crops.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1865 July 14
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Topics include the effect of the war on Malcom, Iowa, their hard work on their farm, her children's health, and her opinion on the photgraphs which Ruth had sent to her.
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- Andrew Craig Fletcher to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1865 July 5 and July 10
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Topics include his office work and postponing his visit home.
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- Andrew Craig Fletcher to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1864 October 20
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Topics include a raid and bank robbery, which became known as the "St. Albans Raid."
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- Betsey Verona Jagua to Ruth Fletcher, circa August 1864
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Topics include prices of cloth, a draft which may take her husband, Seth, to the war, and the effects of a dry summer.
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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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- Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher and Lydia [Willey], 1863 November 2
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Topics include Lemuel's son's illness with Spotted Fever, Lyman's children and his preaching, Verona's child, and his poor Corn crop.