BIB_ID
380664
Accession number
MA 5026.30
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Monday" [1942].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from John Cheever to his wife, Mary Cheever. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 5026 for details.
Provenance
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Summary
Discussing the military training he is undergoing; noting that "the rumor that we are being rushed through this course seems true"; adding that his commanding officer "was made a captain today," and everyone hopes he's going to leave; asking her to have his "Church shoes ... soled and heeled by a good shoemaker and send them down"; complaining that "army pay does not yet begin to pay for the things you have to buy."
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