BIB_ID
381399
Accession number
MA 5026.185
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
[1945] April 20.
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 26.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever, / 8 East 92nd Street, / New York City, New York." Return address is "T/4 John W. Cheever 32332516 / APO 953, San Francisco, Calif."
Envelope with postmark of "Apr. 23, 1945."
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 "Apr. 23, 1945."
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
Worrying that his "pointless epistles can't be very interesting"; mentioning a movie "with Merle Oberon as Georges Sand in color" ["A Song to Remember"]; commenting on souvenirs and noting that crew members are collecting "Japanese dishes" and "Japanese mail order catalogues"; adding that they are also collecting shells from the beaches.
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