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- 5/11/1884 (Creation)
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27.3 x 21.9 cm
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Handwritten letter by Mike Ralli to Cavafy in two sheets, with notes on all sides. The author expresses his interest in the time of Cavafy's return to Alexandria as well as in the in development of his writing. Extensive commentary on the termination of the collaboration of Konstantinos Synadinos with the Banque Générale as well as on other people related to the financial and social life of Alexandria. Views on matters of financial management and administration. Information on people from their friendly and broader social environment. Reference to the matter of his eyesight and impressions from the book How to use our eyes and how to preserve them by the aid of spectacles by J. Browning, with whom he started exchanging correspondence. The second sheet is numbered. (Alexandria)
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English
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Letterhead: Ant. M. Ralli Alexandria, Egypt. Blue ink. Watermark: W J & Co Extra Strong 3009. Physical item wear: holes in one sheet.
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Ralli, Michael (Miké) Th.. “Letter by Mike Ralli to Cavafy”. Letter, 05.11.1884. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF002-0055 (1695), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF002-0055.
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- Ralli, Michael (Miké) Th. (Authority)
- Synadinos, Konstantinos (Subject)
- Synadinos, Amvrosios (Subject)
- Synadinos, Themistoklis (Subject)
- Ralli, George A. (Subject)
- Paterakis, (?) (Subject)
- Karallis, (?) (Subject)
- Trechaki, Aspasia (Subject)
- Skenderanis, Rigas (Subject)
- Ralli, Michael (Mike) A. (Subject)
- Browning, John (Subject)
- General Bank of Egypt (Subject)
- Sinadino, Ralli & Co. (Subject)
- Synadinos, family (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
- Rodocanachi, John P. (Subject)
- Synadinos, Ioannis (Jean) K. (Subject)