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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1893 May 21
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Topics include reading material, clothing items, and money, which Mary has sent or plans to send to Ruth.
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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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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher and to Ella [s.n.], 1892 December 29
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Topics include Andrew Fletcher's death, some unexplained trouble that ensued for Ruth Fletcher and was resolved by Charles Hogan, and Ruth's plans to move in with her daughter Ella and husband.
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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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- 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 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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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1884 March 22
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Topics include Mary's visit to see her brother Levi and his family in Michigan and framing her photographs from Ruth.
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- Mary Harvey to Ruth Fletcher, 1883 February 22
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Topics include details of Mary's work on their farm and house, her son Clark's work in school, her daughter Lizzie's and her son-in-law Frank's land in Beloit, Kansas,and their home, family, and material goods, her brother Cyrus Cornelius' money making schemes and how he left his wife for another...
Show moreTopics include details of Mary's work on their farm and house, her son Clark's work in school, her daughter Lizzie's and her son-in-law Frank's land in Beloit, Kansas,and their home, family, and material goods, her brother Cyrus Cornelius' money making schemes and how he left his wife for another woman, and her desire to visit Ruth in Vermont.
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Ellen Colton to Ruth Fletcher, [1859?] May 9
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Topics include the death of Ellen's brother, Curtis Colton.