Record ID:
380882
Accession number:
MA 5026.95
Credit:
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description:
1 item (2 p.) ; 26.6 cm + envelope
Notes:
Envelope with postmark of "Nov. 25, 1942," a Wednesday; the letter was written the Tuesday before, Nov. 24, 1942.
Envelope addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 East 8th Street / New York City, New York." Return address is "Pvt. Cheever, Co. "E", 22nd Inf. / 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.
Summary:
Discussing his plans for Thanksgiving; reporting that "the Durham Saga is nearly finished"; telling her that he plans to submit a one-act play to a "contest for men in the service sponsored by a lot of lugs in New York"; describing a bad training exercise.
Provenance:
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
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