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Handwritten draft letter by C. P. Cavafy to his brother, Aristeidis, from the 1889 correspondence series. Cancellations, emendations and abbreviations. Use of English words and phrases. Reference to the absence of Aristeidis abroad, and to financial matters.

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.

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 first page of a double sheet letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. The remaining pages are blank. Family and personal matters. (Alexandria)

Handwritten note on part of a sheet of paper regarding the contents of the entire folder (which includes several draft letters). The general title of the set of documents is recorded by C. P. Cavafy himself, with the chronological indication "1889". Second explanatory note ("On the matter of Aristeidis") on the same sheet but in a different handwriting which is most probably that of Rica Singopoulo.

Three subsequent copies of a photographic portrait of Aristeidis Cavafy. He is depicted in frontal view, with moustache and beard, in a suit and white necktie. All three copies are torn in half; two of them are reattached using sellotape.