BIB_ID
381023
Accession number
MA 5026.127
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Sunday" [1942].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 26.3 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.
Provenance
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Summary
Telling her that he tried to call her; reporting, "We came down here [to Camp Gordon] on Friday, .... arguing all the time about where we were going"; remarking that no one from Camp Croft ended up in the same barracks and everyone is "homesick for Camp Croft and Sergeant Dunham"; describing Camp Gordon as " a new, big, good-looking camp"; reporting that they went into Augusta last night; asking if [Maxim] Lieber sent her the $45 and if she has heard "any news from Colliers on the other story"; noting that "there's an airport here and if [Collier's] buy[s] the story [she] can fly down"; mentioning that he may be eligible for a three-day weekend pass and commenting on his plans for getting to New York if he does get a pass.
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