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- 17/9/1882 (Creation)
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27.5 x 22.5 cm
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Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on the recto of six ruled letterheads of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. Sheets 2-6 are numbered at top right. Family and financial issues are raised, as well as poetry, Cavafy's genealogical notes, the political situation in Alexandria and Egypt in general. Commentary on poems composed by John.
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English
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Writing in ink. Watermark: R. J. Moss & Co Alexandria. Physical item wear: oxidations.
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Cavafy, John Constantine. “Letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy”. Letter, 17.09.1882. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF001-0003 (378), 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-SS02-F20-SF001-0003.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Works by other authors » "By the Rivers of Babylon" [Cavafy, John C.]
- Works by other authors » "Crabbed age and youth cannot live together" [The Passionate Pilgrim] [Cavafy, John C. / Shakespeare, William]
- Works by other authors » The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit [Dickens, Charles]
- Works by other authors » David Copperfield [Dickens, Charles]
- Works by other authors » King Lear [Shakespeare, William]
- Newspapers » Weekly Times
- Newspapers » Egyptian Gazette, The
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- Cavafy, John Constantine (Authority)
- Urabi, Ahmed (Subject)
- Cavafy (Fotiadi), Charikleia (Subject)
- Moss, Robert Johnson (Subject)
- Semiani, Filippo (Subject)
- Schilizzi, (?) (Subject)
- Stivala, (?) (Subject)
- Robertson, (?) (Subject)
- Toulba Esmat Pasha (Subject)
- Tewfik Pasha (khedive) (Subject)
- Avierino, (?) (Subject)
- Debbane, (?) (Subject)
- Nacouz, (?) (Subject)
- Fotiadis, George (1800-1896) (Subject)
- Jones, (?) (Subject)
- Abd-el-Al (Subject)
- Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Subject)
- Cavafy, Peter John (junior) (Subject)
- Cavafy, Alexandros P. (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
- Cavafy, Paul (Subject)
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Archivist's note
The transcription and editing of the letters of John Constantine Cavafy addressed to C. P. Cavafy was first carried out by Katerina Ghika; said transcriptions were subsequently uploaded to the official website of the Cavafy Archive.
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Reference to "The death of Phocas", a poem by John, which C. P. liked. John also refers to his poem "By the rivers of Babylon". He writes about his influence from the anthology Passionate Pilgrim, published in 1599; it contains, among other things, sonnets by Shakespeare. John sends his brother two works by Dickens.