BIB_ID
380771
Accession number
MA 5026.55
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
[1942] Aug. 26.
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.9 cm + envelope
Notes
Addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 East 8th Street / New York City, N.Y." Return address is "Pvt. John Cheever, U.S. Army / Co. "E" 22nd Infantry / Camp Gordon, Georgia."
Envelope with postmark; year is from postmark.
On Camp Gordon letterhead.
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.
On Camp Gordon letterhead.
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
Mentioning some stories and asking her to "hang onto the stories until [he] find[s] out whether or not [he is] going to be transferred to N.Y."; reporting that "last night [he] used the typewriter in the orderly room for an hour and typed out a story"; telling her that he heard he is "up for transfer to Public Relations."
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