Record ID:
381464
Accession number:
MA 5026.192
Credit:
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description:
1 item (1 p.) ; 26.7 cm + envelope
Notes:
Written from California after Cheever's 1945 trip to the Mariana Islands and the Philippines.
Envelope with postmark; date and place of writing are from envelope.
Envelope is addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever," / C/o Miss Josephine Herbst, / Erwinna, Bucks County, / Pennsylvania." Return address is "T/3 John Cheever 32332516 / Signal Corps, Photo Center, / 1421 N. Western Ave. / Hollywood, California."
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:
Sending letters to New York and Bucks County to tell her that he is leaving California on Wednesday and returning home on Saturday or Sunday.
Provenance:
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
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