BIB_ID
380756
Accession number
MA 5026.50
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Friday" [1942 July 16].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 26.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope is addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 East 8th St. / 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 return address.
Envelope with postmark. The date of the postmark, July 16, 1942, is a Thursday, but the letter is dated "Friday." It is unclear whether this envelope belongs with this letter.
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. The date of the postmark, July 16, 1942, is a Thursday, but the letter is dated "Friday." It is unclear whether this envelope belongs with this letter.
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
Telling her that he got a letter from her "every day this week and it's been wonderful"; mentioning that "it is rumored around that Sergeant Durham is going to take a furlough in a week or so" and "of course this makes [them] all very happy"; reporting that "three of the men in [his] company were promoted to acting Corporals"; describing how Sergeant Durham disciplined two men who left before rifle inspection.
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