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- Lizzie Hobart to Ruth Fletcher, 1884 [November?] 7
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Topics include the weather, crops, and building projects in Beloit, Kansas, the election, a week of lectures by Mrs. Maley(?), and the activities of family members.
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- Lue Colton to Ruth Fletcher, [circa 1893] February 23
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Topics include the hard winter they are having in Pleasant Lake, Indiana, how Della and her children are doing, and their plans to attend the World's Fair in Chicago.
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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.
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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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- 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 and Andrew Fletcher, 1855 February 19
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Topics include the death of Mary's daughter.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1859 April 24
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Topics include Mary's attempts to sell their furniture and Caleb's attempts to locate property in Kansas Territory or Iowa.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1859 February 4 and February 7
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Topics include the sale of their properties, preparations to move, and Caleb's plans to go west.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1859 June 26 and 28
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Topics include her safe arrival at her new home in Neponset, Illinois.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1859 March 20
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Topics include the sale of Mary and Caleb's house, Caleb's travels West to look for a place in Illinois or Kansas, and Mary's need of payment from Ruth.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1860 November 3
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Topics include their activities starting a farm in Malcom Iowa, the good land and good prospects of the country, and the nearness of Iowa State College in Grinnell.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1863 January 24
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Topics include Mary's family's farm in Illinois and their health, the prices of grains, dry goods, and groceries, the activities of relatives including those fighting or killed in the War, and her specific requests for photographs and their packaging.