BIB_ID
381454
Accession number
MA 5026.188
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
1945 May 9.
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 26.7 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope is addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 8 East 92nd Street / New York City, N.Y. / U.S.A." Return address is "T/4 John Cheever 32332516 / APO 953, San Francisco, Calif."
Envelope with postmark of "May 10, 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 "May 10, 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
Reporting that they didn't hear [President Harry] Truman's 9 A.M. speech until 11 P.M., so there were no V-E day celebrations there; adding that "there is no hard liquor west of Honolulu and there is no time for celebrations."
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