On Camp Gordon letterhead.
Envelope with postmark of "Nov. 5, 1942," a Thursday, which does not match Cheever's date of "Sunday."
Envelope addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 East 8th Street / New York City, N.Y." Return address is "Pvt. John Cheever, U.S. Army / Co. "E" 22nd Infantry / Camp Gordon, Georgia"; place of writing is based on return address.
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.
Discussing the photograph he forgot to enclose in the last letter; reporting that he has been "working all day on ... a long story; too long for the New Yorker ... and too violent for the Public Relations Officer"; mentioning letters from Reuel Denney and Josephine Herbst; telling her that he is writing to Polly to thank her for the socks.