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Handwritten notes on the first page of a handmade paperboard folder, describing the content of the items enclosed therein, written by Rica Singopoulo. The date "1898" written by Cavafy and crossed out.

Cavafy's christening certificate, issued by the Patriarchate of Alexandria. It is the template of a form with the logo and seal of the Patriarchate, in which the poet's details (date and place of christening, godmother etc.) were filled-in by hand.

Handwritten draft letter by C. P. Cavafy to his brother, Aristeidis ("25 Oct.") from the 1889 correspondence series. Cancellations, emendations and abbreviations. Use of French words and phrases. Reference to the matter of the continuing absence of Aristeidis Cavafy abroad, to the need for his return as well as to financial matters.

Unsigned draft letter to Leon Verhaeghe de Naeyer on one side of a ruled sheet. From the context it may be deduced that the author is Charikleia Cavafy. It refers to the receipt of a package from Verhaeghe containing clothing items of her sister, Sévastie, and asks that she is sent a lace scarf that Charikleia had given her sister as a gift. In a letter by Charikleia to John and C. P. Cavafy dated 21/5/1897, she mentions the present draft letter as written by Paul Cavafy. The draft should be dated in that year (1897).

Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy, on the first page of a double sheet letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. The remaining pages are blank. Comments on a poem by John published in the Public Opinion. (Alexandria)

Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on one side of a letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. Blank verso. Comments on the political situation. Enthusiasm of the Greeks of the city regarding the docking of a Greek warship. (Alexandria)

Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on one side of a letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. Blank verso. Reference to financial matters of the family. (Alexandria)

Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on one side of a ruled sheet. Blank verso. Prospect for payment of indemnity by the Egyptian state by March. Interpolated phrases in Greek. (Alexandria)

Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on the recto of a letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. John refers to the health of his mother and of their brother, Paul. He comments on the family's financial prospects and mentions family friends. (Alexandria)

Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on both sides of a letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. John refers to his health and to family news. (Alexandria)

Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy, on the first page of a double sheet letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. The remaining pages are blank. Family and personal matters. (Alexandria)

Handwritten letter by Paul Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy from Hyères, France, according to the letterhead. Paul comments on life in France; he refers to his health and expresses his tenderness for his two brothers, Constantine and John); he repeats his request for a photograph of their mother. Of note is the use of interpolated English words and phrases. (Hyères)

Handwritten letter by Paul Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy. He expresses his concern for the interruption in the correspondence between the two brothers –last letter by C. P. Cavafy on 30 August 1917- as well as for his potential return to Egypt. He describes the condition of his health.

Handwritten list of expenses, written by Cavafy on one side of a ruled sheet. Blank verso. Mention of telegram expenses as well as of amounts on behalf of his mother and most probably of the poet's brothers.