Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on the first and third pages of two double sheet notepapers and on the recto of a letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. Page 3 is numbered. Update on financial affairs of the family and on the issue of indemnities. Linguistic remarks. Quote from a letter by Alexander Pope to Henry Cromwell.
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GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF001-0014 (389)
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16/1/1883
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13/6/1901-5/8/1901
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Handwritten diary from Cavafy's trip to Greece during the period 13 June-5 August 1901. It is written in English, on 31 sheets of various sizes, among which letterheads of the Khedivial Mail Steamship Company, the Grand Hotel d'Angleterre in Athens, the Grand Hotels of Faliron and Patras as well as the Austrian Lloyd (Oesterreichischer Lloyd). It also includes a draft plan of the central part of the city of Patras (part of the entry of on 31 July), with the street names in Greek. The diary contains daily entries by Cavafy, in which he describes his trip by boat to and from Alexandria as well as his activities, acquaintances, social encounters and impressions from Athens and the other places he visited.
Cavafy, C. P.