BIB_ID
380666
Accession number
MA 5026.31
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Tuesday" [1942 May 26].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope is addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 East 8th Street / New York City / New York." The return address is "Pvt. John Cheever U.S. Army / Co. C. 35th Infantry Training BN / Camp Croft, S.C." Place of writing is based on envelope.
Envelope with postmark; date is based on postmark.
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.
Envelope with postmark; date is based on postmark.
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
Describing a "hell of a day" in the military; noting that "the pleasures of the soldier are the simple pleasures of taking off the shoes and getting into bed and dreaming about civilian life."
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