BIB_ID
381076
Accession number
MA 5026.135
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Sunday" [1942].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.3 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.
Written while Cheever was at Camp Croft, S.C., though he does not include a place of writing.
Written while Cheever was at Camp Croft, S.C., though he does not include a place of writing.
Provenance
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Summary
Explaining why he didn't telephone and hoping she had a good time in New Haven; describing a night out in Spartanburg; asking her to buy a lunch or a cocktail for "Joe Burt's girl, Helen Ganter," when Ganter returns to New York; asking her to send him $20; explaining how much the government will send to her once they determine she is his dependent.
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