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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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- Della Oakes to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1889 December 25 and 1890 January 5
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Topics include Della's impressions of Pleasant Lake, Indiana, the activities and health of her children, and her suspicions of her Vermont relatives' attitudes toward her.
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- Della Oakes to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1889 December 16
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Topics include settling Della's husband's estate and her plans to visit her Uncle.
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- E.W. Culver to Ruth Fletcher, 1889 December 8
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Topics include settling the estate of Della Oakes' husband. Culver appears to be Della Oakes' legal cousel.
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- Ella [s.n.] to Ruth Fletcher, 1889 February 5
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Topics include Ella's ideas about moving her parents up to live with her in Johnson.
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- Carlos Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1888 March 25
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Topics include building a house, his sister Ellen's children, and the separation of Lemuel (Jr.?) and his wife.
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- Cyrus Cornelius Pratt to Ruth Fletcher, 1886 September 12
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Topics include Pratt's children and wife (second), the difficulties and expansions of his insurance companies, and his bridge and building truss and anchor designs and marketing schemes.
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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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- Cyrus Cornelius Pratt to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1884 June 8
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Topics include a visit from Cornelius' sister Mary Harvey and aunt Mandana Wyatt.
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- Cyrus Cornelius Pratt to Ruth Fletcher, 1884 May 27
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Topics include Cornelius' insurance business and his hopes for a visit from his sister Mary Harvey.
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- Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1883 October 10
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Topics include Lemuel's plans to visit with Mary (Harvey?), his stable but poor health, and the cool summer and reduced crop yields of 1883 in Indiana.
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- Lemuel Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1883 March 17
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Topics include the death of Lemuel's wife Matilda.
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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.