BIB_ID
380813
Accession number
MA 5026.72
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Friday" [1942 Oct. 1].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 26.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope 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, Georgia"; place of writing is based on this return address.
Envelope with postmark; date in brackets is from postmark, but Oct. 1, 1942 was a Thursday, which doesn't match Cheever's date of "Friday."
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 Oct. 1, 1942 was a Thursday, which doesn't match Cheever's date of "Friday."
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
Describing his hours while he is on regimental guard; remarking that he doesn't get much sleep when he is on guard; complaining that "something is the matter with this pen on this paper"; noting that "the members of the band are apparently the first to get up because they started playing marches at 5:30."
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