BIB_ID
380818
Accession number
MA 5026.76
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Sunday" [1942 Oct. 18].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 26.6 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 of "Oct. 19, 1942," a Monday; Cheever's letter, dated "Sunday," was probably written on Oct. 18.
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 of "Oct. 19, 1942," a Monday; Cheever's letter, dated "Sunday," was probably written on Oct. 18.
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
Telling her that he "got hold of another typewriter" through "the soulful fellow who came swimming through the woods, whistling Mozart"; reporting that he just wrote "another draft of the story and a letter to [her] father"; noting that their "fat, beer-drinking sergeant is so amiable and civilized that he can make most of [them] feel that [they]'re not out on anything more serious than a badly managed picnic"; describing a trip into town with "Charlie" during which they "went to a dance at the Eagle Club" and ate a lot of food; thanking her for her two letters and the money order.
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