BIB_ID
380762
Accession number
MA 5026.53
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
[1942] Aug. 6.
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.4 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope is addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 East 8th Street / New York City, New York." 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; year is from 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; year is from 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
Telling her that "there have been so many orders and counter-orders concerning [their] departure that [she had] better not plan to come down on the 15th" because "the chances are that [they] won't be here"; adding that he "was very glad to learn about Yank and [he will] try and write the N[ew] Y[orker] tomorrow night."
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