Record ID:
381183
Accession number:
MA 5026.155
Credit:
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description:
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.7 cm
Notes:
Probably written while Cheever was at Camp Gordon, Ga., but he doesn't include a place of writing.
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 he is sorry she is feeling sick due to her pregnancy; mentioning that now "personnel will spend its afternoons in the field ... desk work in the morning and enough training in the afternoon to keep us in shape"; expressing his concern that the schedule change may cancel his three-day pass; hoping she has a good weekend in New Haven.
Provenance:
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
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