Letter Home from Mount Pleasant, Iowa — John Peter Hunt to Maynard and Katherine Hunt, February 19, 1930

Letter Home from Mount Pleasant, Iowa — John Peter Hunt to Maynard and Katherine Hunt, February 19, 1930

Author: John Peter Hunt

Year: 1930

Letter dated February 19, 1930, from John Peter Hunt of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, to his son Maynard Hunt and daughter-in-law Katherine Ports Hunt following their marriage on November 1, 1929. The letter contains family and hometown news, including winter weather, relatives and neighbors, local business, and Walter Hunt’s departure for China from Angel Island, California. The letter was found in June 2026 in a suitcase containing family photographs and correspondence preserved by Katherine Hunt. This item includes the original handwritten letter, a personal reflection by Jeffrey Hunt, and a working transcription. Some names and words remain uncertain because of the handwriting. These uncertain readings are identified in brackets, and the transcription should not be treated as a definitive reading of the original letter.