BIB_ID
380864
Accession number
MA 5026.91
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Tuesday" [1942 Nov. 17].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.9 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 East 8th Street / New York City, New York." Return address is "Pvt. John Cheever U.S. Army / Co. "E" 22nd Infantry / Camp Gordon, Ga."; place of writing is based on return address.
Envelope with postmark; date is from postmark.
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 is from postmark.
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
Thanking her for "the package of packages"; complaining that the bad light at night while he is working is causing "eye-strain, migraine, or a high fever, I can't figure out which"; saying that he is in "charge of quarters tonight which means that [he] sleep[s] here on [his] solitary cot among the desks and spring[s] out of bed every time the telephone rings."
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