BIB_ID
381008
Accession number
MA 5026.121
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Friday" [1943 Apr.?].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.9 cm
Notes
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.
Written while Cheever was at Camp Gordon, Ga., but he doesn't include a place of writing.
Written while Cheever was at Camp Gordon, Ga., but he doesn't include a place of writing.
Provenance
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Summary
Discussing his taxes; describing his day of "looking through rifle sights" and "fir[ing] the grenade-launcher"; complaining about the weather in Georgia; telling her that he is "enclosing the Sailor's Snug Harbor letter, and the Double Deucer Quiz Column (MA 5026.118).
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