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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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- 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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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, April 30, 1842
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Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include traveling to Washington, DC from Craftsbury, Vermont; oath of office in the Senate; Senator Phelps (VT).
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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, June 11, 1842
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Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include Tariff being considered in the House of Representatives; duties on imports; duty on foreign wool and response of wool manufacturers; distribution of the proceeds of the public lands; Apportionment Bill for Representatives to Congress debated in...
Show moreLetter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include Tariff being considered in the House of Representatives; duties on imports; duty on foreign wool and response of wool manufacturers; distribution of the proceeds of the public lands; Apportionment Bill for Representatives to Congress debated in the Senate; fashions in Washington, DC; flowers and vegetables seen in DC.
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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, June 18, 1842
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Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include reports of a snow storm in Vermont; Apportionment Bill passed in the Senate; Tariff being considered in the House of Representatives; distribution of the proceeds of the public lands; description of work in the Senate; Locofocos (Democrats) and...
Show moreLetter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include reports of a snow storm in Vermont; Apportionment Bill passed in the Senate; Tariff being considered in the House of Representatives; distribution of the proceeds of the public lands; description of work in the Senate; Locofocos (Democrats) and Whigs in Congress; President Tyler and Congress.
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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, June 25, 1842
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Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include different rules and protocols in the House of Representatives and the Senate such as the one hour rule; President Tyler and the Whigs in Congress; Apportionment Bill; Locofoco (Democrat) opposition to districting of States; Tariff being considered...
Show moreLetter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include different rules and protocols in the House of Representatives and the Senate such as the one hour rule; President Tyler and the Whigs in Congress; Apportionment Bill; Locofoco (Democrat) opposition to districting of States; Tariff being considered in the House of Representatives; duty on wool; Distribution Act; rumor of a Cabinet break-up by President Tyler.
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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, July 3, 1842
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Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include attendance at church meetings in the Representatives Hall in the Capitol and various chaplains and clergymen who preach there; regular attendance of Washington citizens, particularly blacks, at church meetings; plans to see Sabbath School scholars...
Show moreLetter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include attendance at church meetings in the Representatives Hall in the Capitol and various chaplains and clergymen who preach there; regular attendance of Washington citizens, particularly blacks, at church meetings; plans to see Sabbath School scholars and black Sabbath School scholars 4th of July processions; death and funeral of Senator Samuel Southard (NJ); veto by President Tyler of Tariff Bill with provision postponing the distribution to the States of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands and return of bill to the House of Representatives with little chance of overriding the veto; Locofocos (Democrats) are against distribution and generally against protection, but despise Tyler.
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- Letter to Matilda Corbin, July 7, 1842
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Letter to sister. Topics include 4th of July festivities including processions by Juvenile Temperance Societies, Sabbath School Societies, and black Sabbath School children numbering near five hundred.
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- Letter to Mary Hill, July 10, 1842
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Letter to daughter. Topics include attendance at Church meeting; heavy work load in the Senate, including committee work and constituent business.
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- Letter to Pliny Corbin, July 13, 1842
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Topics include workload of Congress and industriousness of majority members in the Senate and the House; relationship of Whigs and Locofocos (Democrats) in Congress and relationship of Congress to President Tyler; Tariff Bill and expected Presidential veto.