Typed letter signed : [Camp Gordon, Ga.], to [Mary Cheever], "Thursday" [1943 Feb. 4].

Record ID: 
380911
Accession number: 
MA 5026.108
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 of "Feb. 6, 1943," a Saturday; the letter was written the Thursday before, Feb. 4, 1943.
Envelope addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 East 8th Street / New York City, New York." Return address is "Pfc. John 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: 

Reporting that "someone stole some money out of Herman Nelson's pocket the night before last so the company is restricted indefinitely"; telling her that they have been doing the obstable course again; adding that the restriction because of the theft may mean that he won't get a chance to write to her.

Provenance: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.