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- 26/7/1884 (Creation)
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18 x 22.6 cm
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Handwritten letter by Mike Ralli to Cavafy on two bifolios, with notes on all sides. Description of habits and entertainments of the time; reference to the author's improved eyesight. Commentary on people and events related to the social circle of Alexandria. Reference to the cholera pandemic -on the occasion of a trip by a member of his family- and to the author's impressions from the Greek warship "Navarchos Miaoulis". (Alexandria)
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English
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Letterhead with monogram (R I). Blue ink. Watermark: A. Pirie & Sons 1880. Physical item wear: small holes in the sheets.
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Ralli, Michael (Miké) Th.. “Letter by Mike Ralli to Cavafy”. Letter, 26.07.1884. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF002-0044 (1689), 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-SF002-0044.
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- Ralli, Michael (Miké) Th. (Authority)
- Ralli, Pandia M. (Subject)
- Vyzantios, Anastasios (Subject)
- Sinano, Marguerite (Subject)
- Synadinos, Konstantinos (Subject)
- Karavia, (?) (Subject)
- Ballis, (?) (Subject)
- Skanavis, Leonidas D. (Subject)
- Zervoudakis, Amvrosios K. (Subject)
- Kalliarchi, Maria (Subject)
- Zervoudachi, family (Subject)
- Kalliarchis, family (Subject)
- Kalliarchis, L. (Subject)
- Zervoudaki (Mavrokordatou), Aikaterini (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
- Schilizzi, Stephen Z. (Subject)
- Psathis, family (Subject)
- Salvagos, (?) (Subject)