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- Harriet Fletcher to Ruth Colton, 1837 May 29
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Topics include Harriet's recent illness, the courtship and marriage of friends and relatives, the birth of Carmoline's daughter, and hints of Ruth's and Andrew's engagement and Harriet's engagement.
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- Poem from Mary A. Johnson to Ruth Colton, 1837 May 30
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A poem about friendship and separation.
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- Lemuel Colton to Ruth Colton, 1837 July 30
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Topics include family members' health and Lydia's work in Sharon.
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- Lemuel Colton to Ruth Colton, 1837 September 10
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Topics include the health and activities of family members and the marriage of the Cloughs.
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- Moses S. Colton to Ruth Colton, 1837 September 17
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Topics include inquiries about his children and family members and his plans to move west if he sells his place.
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- Harriet Fletcher to Ruth Colton, 1837 October 5
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Topics include a desired visit from Ruth.
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- Andrew Fletcher to Ruth Colton, circa 1838 April
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Topics include Andrew's proposal of marriage to Ruth.
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- Lemuel Colton to Ruth Colton, 1838 August 13
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Topics include the fine land and opportunities in Kirtland, Ohio, where he is visiting his cousin Josiah, the possibility of his mother drawing a pension, and the possibility of his brother Moses Shepard moving west to join him.
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- Lemuel Colton to Ruth Colton, 1839 March 10
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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.
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- Harriet Fletcher to Ruth Colton, 1839 May 7
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Topics include the health and activities of her friends, neighbors, and family, and her desire that Ruth will come to Belvidere for a visit.
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- Lydia Colton to Ruth Fletcher, 1839 May 24
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Topics include the death of their sister Susan Pratt.
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- [Lemuel Colton?] to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher and Lydia Colton, 1840 February 18
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Topics include the deaths of Clark and Susan Pratt and the activities of Moses Shepard Colton and his family.
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- George Sprague to Ruth Fletcher, 1840 November 1
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Topics include the schooling of Mary (Pratt?) and the settlement of their family's estate by the guardian of their property.
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- Carseldana Colton to Ruth Fletcher, 1841 December 29
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Topics include Methodist meetings in Ohio and her own illnesses.
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- George and Martha Sprague to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, Mary Pratt, and Lydia Colton, 1843 July 2 and July 8
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Topics include the health of Cornelius and Levi Pratt, their plans to visit, the condition of the Pratt children's estate, and the religious revival of the past winter.
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- Betsey Verona Colton to Ruth Fletcher, 1843 September and Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher and Lydia Colton, 1843 November 4
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Topics include Carseldana's marriage with William Potter, Moses Shepard Colton's (Betsey Verona's father) move west, Moses Shepard's joining the Baptist Church, the value of wheat and corn, and farming and weather conditions in Ohio.
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- Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1845 June 25
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Topics include the death of Ruth's and Andrew's youngest child and Lemuel's and Moses Shepard's farming activities in Indiana.
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- P.H. Pettengill to Andrew Fletcher, 1845 July 30
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Topics include religious activities and the illnesses in his city.
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- Elias Fletcher to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1845 October 15
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Topics include the deaths of their acquaintances and requests for items to be sent.
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- Lydia Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1846 January 9 and Maria Fletcher to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1846 January 10
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Topics include Lydia's work helping Mrs. Swan, who is sick, the ill health of Hammon(?), and the mental instability of Enos Fletcher.