Typed letter signed : [Camp Gordon, Ga.], to [Mary Cheever], "Sunday" [1942 Oct. 18].

Record ID: 
380818
Accession number: 
MA 5026.76
Author: 
Cheever, John.
Credit: 
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 26.6 cm + envelope
Notes: 

On Camp Gordon letterhead.
Envelope with postmark of "Oct. 19, 1942," a Monday; Cheever's letter, dated "Sunday," was probably written on Oct. 18.
Addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 East 8th Street / New York City, N.Y." Return address is "Pvt. John Cheever, U.S. Army / Co. "E" 22nd Infantry / Camp Gordon, Georgia."
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: 

Telling her that he "got hold of another typewriter" through "the soulful fellow who came swimming through the woods, whistling Mozart"; reporting that he just wrote "another draft of the story and a letter to [her] father"; noting that their "fat, beer-drinking sergeant is so amiable and civilized that he can make most of [them] feel that [they]'re not out on anything more serious than a badly managed picnic"; describing a trip into town with "Charlie" during which they "went to a dance at the Eagle Club" and ate a lot of food; thanking her for her two letters and the money order.

Provenance: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.