Typed letter signed : [Camp Gordon, Ga.], to [Mary Cheever], "Tuesday" [1942 Nov. 1].

Record ID: 
380841
Accession number: 
MA 5026.83
Author: 
Cheever, John.
Credit: 
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.8 cm + envelope
Notes: 

Envelope with postmark of "Nov. 1, 1942," a Sunday, which does not match Cheever's date of "Tuesday."
Envelope 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"; 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: 

Telling her that it was good to see her; hoping she had a good trip back from Richmond and describing his own trip; mentioning that he was sent to "the anti-tank range [to] fire the 37 mm anti-tank gun" instead of going to personnel; remarking that "the south is still a strange country."

Provenance: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.