BIB_ID
380841
Accession number
MA 5026.83
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Tuesday" [1942 Nov. 1].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.8 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 "Nov. 1, 1942," a Sunday, which does not match Cheever's date of "Tuesday."
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 "Nov. 1, 1942," a Sunday, which does not match Cheever's date of "Tuesday."
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 it was good to see her; hoping she had a good trip back from Richmond and describing his own trip; mentioning that he was sent to "the anti-tank range [to] fire the 37 mm anti-tank gun" instead of going to personnel; remarking that "the south is still a strange country."
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