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Handwritten text on all sides of two sheets and on the recto of a third sheet, the verso of which is blank. Use of English and French words. All three sheets are torn in half. Diary-type text, describing the illness and the last days of the poet's friend Mike Th. Ralli. Date indications (15, 27, 28 September 1889). Accompanied by folder with brief description of the content (probably written by G. A. Papoutsakis).

Handwritten medical prescription by doctor Auguste Varenhorst in French for Charikleia Cavafy. Rubber stamp of the Geo Ruelberg pharmacy in Alexandria. On the verso, handwritten note by Charikleia Cavafy in Greek regarding the use of the prescribed drugs.

Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on five small sheets. The verso of the last sheet is blank. Pages 2-9 are numbered. The letter is in verse. Update on the political situation in Egypt and on family acquaintances. (Alexandria)

Series of handwritten notes referring mostly to the poet's mother, Charikleia Cavafy, in two parts. The first includes 28 loose sheets cut in various sizes, 16 of which are written on both sides. Chronological indications (1896-1898) in the text. The second part is entitled "St[ate] of h[er] ’98 disease" and comprises 4 cut sheets of paper of various sizes. Events relating to Cavafy's mother's illness are recorded in one section. The text continues to the recto of the last sheet; all pages are numbered (1-7). Cancellations and emendations in both parts as well as abbreviations in parts of the text.