Envelope with postmark of "Dec. 2, 1942," a Wednesday; this letter was written the Tuesday before, Dec. 1, 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.
Telling her he hopes she feels better; remarking that "Corporal Daly ... got to be a father last night in Augusta. His wife had a son"; explaining that he went to pick up the photograph he had taken in town and the studio "didn't have any record of taking a picture of [him]"; adding, "I think the picture probably turned out to be so terrible they threw the negatives away"; describing what he did in town on "pay night"; commenting on a storm, "a real Georgia disorder."