Record ID:
380623
Accession number:
MA 5026.24
Credit:
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.
Summary:
Hoping she is not sick with the flu; giving an update on his writing and telling her that he doesn't plan to return to the city until Tuesday; commenting on the cold; mentioning that he went with Nathan [Asch] and his wife Carole "to an amateur talent show in convention hall"; noting that Elizabeth [Ames] "keeps saying that we should live in the farmhouse in the fall and that you should be her secretary"; reporting that he got a note from Josey [Josephine Herbst] "who has lit out for Charleston."
Provenance:
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
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