Typed letter signed : [Camp Gordon, Ga.], to [Mary Cheever], "Thursday" [1943] Jan. 7.

Record ID: 
380909
Accession number: 
MA 5026.106
Author: 
Cheever, John.
Credit: 
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 26.6 cm + envelope
Notes: 

Envelope with postmark.
Envelope addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 East 8th Street / New York City, New York." Return address is "Pfc. John Cheever 32332516 / APO #4 / Co. "E" 22nd Inf. / Camp Gordon, Ga."; 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 firing the machine gun and what they have been doing to train; mentioning that it is possible they may ship out within the month; reporting that "public relations returned [his] Durham story without changing a word and with an OK for publication"; adding that he will be sending the story to Gus [Lobrano] and he hopes [the New Yorker] will take it because it "ought to bring in a sum of money"; commenting on the income tax she should pay.

Provenance: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.