BIB_ID
380810
Accession number
MA 5026.69
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Friday" [1942 Sept. 10].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.5 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, Augusta, Ga."
Envelope with postmark; date in brackets is from postmark, but Sept. 10, 1942 was a Thursday, which doesn't match Cheever's date of "Friday."
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 in brackets is from postmark, but Sept. 10, 1942 was a Thursday, which doesn't match Cheever's date of "Friday."
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
Hoping he can use a typewriter to finish a story over the weekend; adding that he thinks he'll "go in[to] town to the Bon Air and try to do some work."
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