BIB_ID
380886
Accession number
MA 5026.96
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Friday" [1942 Nov. 27].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 28 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 East 8th Street / New York City, New York." Return address is "Pvt. John Cheever / Co. "E" 22nd Infantry / Camp Gordon, Georgia"; place of writing is based on return address.
Envelope with postmark of "Nov. 28, 1942," a Saturday; the letter was written the Friday before, Nov. 27, 1942.
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. 28, 1942," a Saturday; the letter was written the Friday before, Nov. 27, 1942.
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 "the package from Macy's came today ... and it was fine and not at all silly"; explaining that he hasn't written many letters lately because "there's so little news" and he is out of envelopes; commenting on a man who "pulled an unsuccessful nervous break-down on the hospital authorities"; noting that "an order ... came through ... enforcing bed-check which means that everyone will have to spend at least four nights a week in camp. This is going to be tough on that domesticated half of the platoon that has set up little menages in town"; describing "the enlisted man's Thanksgiving"; discussing a picture and a negative he is sending to her.
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