Typed letter signed : [Camp Gordon, Ga.], to [Mary Cheever], "Christmas" [1942 Dec. 25].

Record ID: 
380905
Accession number: 
MA 5026.104
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.
Envelope addressed to "Mrs. John Cheever / 19 East 8th Street / New York City, New York." Return address is "Pfc. John Cheever, U.S. Army / Co. "E" 22nd Infantry / Camp Gordon, Ga."; 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: 

Describing his Christmas Eve and a dream he had about her; giving an account of a co-worker named Jaffe; mentioning a "nice letter from Cookie"; wishing her "a very merry Christmas."

Provenance: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.