Typed letter signed : [Camp Gordon, Ga.], to [Mary Cheever], "Friday" [1942 Nov. 13].

Record ID: 
380861
Accession number: 
MA 5026.89
Author: 
Cheever, John.
Credit: 
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.9 cm + envelope
Notes: 

Envelope with postmark of "Nov. 14, 1942," a Saturday; this letter was written the Friday before, Nov. 13, 1942.
Envelope addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 East 8th Street / New York City, New York." 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: 

Writing that he had a lot of typing to do today ("the court-martial and punishment records of two of our biggest southern wild-men) but still hopes to work "on the Durham Saga"; commenting on "a bulletin from [her] father"; saying that he plans to have a photograph of himself taken on Sunday "as soon as [he] get[s] the money"; describing his morning routine.

Provenance: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.