The vast majority of the correspondence over the years between Julie and Morris tended to be primarily concerned with necessary information, how the children, the business, the finances were doing, or the day to day activities.  Very few letters are strictly emotional, though many will have one or two flying sentences.  Only rarely is the entire letter devoted to it.

In the winter of 1878 business was not especially profitable and Julie was still living in Hartford, liking it less than ever, but busy planning Helen’s wedding.  It may have been this that spurred a set of letters reflecting the strength of Morris and Julie’s, often long-distance, marriage.

An excerpt from Morris:

“I don’t believe that you will be satisfied till you see me, that I still love you, that the charm you bound about me years ago still holds. Wait a few short months and you shall judge. Perhaps it may do some service to say that I love you more than ever, which is the case, for I have not a thought or plan in which you are not dominant……

(description of the practical and the loving sides of their marriage)

….Have we not been through all the changes, from poor to rich and now again to poor and all with increasing fondness. Brockport to New York, Hartford to New Orleans, Chestnut Street to Carriage and Horses, and now to Esperanza with its quiet, its trees and sunny hillsides and one day we will sleep together in its quiet church yard, away from all the turmoil and strife of the world, you and I together. Lately I have often thought of this and Dear Julie, my wife, my love, my trust, I have no other wish but to be with you to the very last. I love to see you, hear you, to be sensible that you are by. Good night darling, you have my never dying love.”

Morris.