BIB_ID
380945
Accession number
MA 5026.112
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Sunday (After the phone call)" [1943 Feb. 14].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 26.7 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 East 8th Street / New York City, N.Y." Return address is "Pfc. John Cheever ASN 32332516 / Co. "E" 22nd Infantry / U.S. Army, APO #4 / Camp Gordon, Ga."; place of writing is based on return address.
Envelope with postmark of "Feb. 15, 1943," a Monday; Cheever's letter was written the Sunday before, Feb. 14, 1943.
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 "Feb. 15, 1943," a Monday; Cheever's letter was written the Sunday before, Feb. 14, 1943.
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
Sending her letters he forgot to mail; telling her that he went into town with Seabiscuit; remarking, "I don't like the word bourgeois, but it's what Seabiscuit is," and giving a long description of Seabiscuit's character; commenting on a night of drinking and talking with "a nice Irishman named Kileen" and a corporal from Alabama; mentioning Charlie Baxter.
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