Typed letter signed : place not specified, to [Mary Cheever], "Thursday" [1942 or 1943].

Record ID: 
381218
Accession number: 
MA 5026.164
Author: 
Cheever, John.
Credit: 
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description: 
1 item (2 p.) ; 26.7 cm
Notes: 

Written while Cheever was at Camp Gordon, Ga., though he does not include a place of writing.
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: 

Describing a serious fire at the rec hall; noting that the staff of the Daily Deucer were able to get "all of [their] stuff out and tomorrow [they] bring out a special fire issue of the DD"; asking if she knows anything about "clipping agencies" and saying that he would "like to get the reviews from the small papers"; adding that "Maury Werner ought to know what to do."

Provenance: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.