BIB_ID
380838
Accession number
MA 5026.82
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Monday" [1942 Oct. 26].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 26.6 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, Georgia"; place of writing is based on return address.
Envelope with postmark of "Oct. 27, 1942," a Tuesday; Cheever's letter, dated "Monday," was probably written on Oct. 26.
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. 27, 1942," a Tuesday; Cheever's letter, dated "Monday," was probably written on Oct. 26.
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 what he did in town tonight; mentioning that they are "going to fire the mortar on Friday and [they] need more practice"; writing that Gus [Lobrano] "really did like the story"; wondering whether she changed the title or whether The New Yorker changed it; telling her that he "drilled the platoon for the first time" and "it was great fun"; mentioning Bill Kenyon and Garth Dollard.
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