BIB_ID
380809
Accession number
MA 5026.68
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
[1942 Sept. 9].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.8 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, S.C." [i.e. Ga.]
Envelope with postmark; date 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; date 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
Discussing furloughs and telling her about a man "with a devoted wife and two children" whose furlough was cancelled because "two men from his company went over the hill"; mentioning that they have a "proficiency test coming up"; telling her that he has "been working on the radio programme for the last two days" instead of being in the field; noting that "all [he has] to do this afternoon is type out a radio skit [he] wrote yesterday" while "the rest of the platoon goes on the bayonet course"; adding that "there hasn't been any word from Yank, but that will take time."
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