Correspondence

File — Box: 4, Folder: 3

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

1862-1869; Thatcher, Luna Young, to George W. Thatcher
This correspondence consists of loving and concerned letters from Luna Young Thatcher to her husband George W. Thatcher. They were written while George is working in a railroad camp at the "Head of Echo." Luna is lonely and writes often as this is a substitute for his presence. The health of the babies is discussed, and her economic situation. She tells him about money she has had to spend and hopes he will not think her extravagent, for she feels he is so generous. Her activities revolve around her home and family, however, she tells him of attending the Salt Lake Theater with John W. Young and family and at one time heard a concert by Madame Parepa Rosa that she enjoyed. She tells him of an addition to their family when Fanny, George's second wife, is delivered of a girl and keeps him informed of their welfare and health. His comfort and health are of grave concern to her and she sends him good boots and woolen socks and pleads with him to send his dirty laundry home. Luna looks for him to be home at Christmas, but the holidays pass without his "ever dear presence." It worries her when George returns home and then leaves for camp again carrying money to pay his men. Her letters are full of expressions of her great love for him and the painful void in her life created by his absence.

Dates

1836-1968

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