Letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy

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[Alexandria] 22 October 1883
    My dear Constantine,
       I have yours 14th October as well as the letters you     mention therein say 18th September and 7th October which I have     already acknowledged. I do not wonder at the delay     in the arrival of our letters for the postal service     between this and yours is as irregular as ever.     Your letter is very entertaining and I was indeed     highly pleased to read of the good fortune that has des-     cended on the family of Pitarides. The poor old man     will at least die in comfort. ― Ere this reaches you     I trust you will have received the £ 100 telegram and     I suppose Alexander will set off by the first steamer     so that I shall not fail to make enquiries at the     Agency of the Austrian Lloyd’s here, and go to meet     him on arrival.
    My news may well be set down at nought.     Constantine Sinadino and family have returned: the rest     of that illustrious family are absent. Moss, as I     have already informed you, is expected here about 1 Nov-     ember. He writes that he hopes to be back in England for Christ-     mas, so that his stay here will necessarily be but     a short one. The new English financial adviser to     the Khedive is Mr. Vincent Caillard ― a young man of     26 ― who has already won some renown in India     and elsewhere, and whose services will be remunerated     by £ 3.000 a year. ― Are your eyes any better? I see you write a longer letter than usual to your affectionate brother
          John.
P.S. 23 October. Unfortunately the Cholera has re- appeared: 12 attacks today. Some people who have returned lately are thinking of going away again: and two have actually gone: i.e. Giglio and Gentilli. Yours ever John.

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GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF001-0034 (409)

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Letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy

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22/10/1883

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44 x 27.5 cm

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Cavafy, John

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Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on the first and third pages of a double sheet letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. John refers to the correspondence between the two brothers and conveys social and family news. (Alexandria)

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CC BY-SA 4.0 Cavafy Archive Onassis Foundation

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English

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Writing in ink. Watermark: R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria.

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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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Cavafy, Alexandros P.

Cavafy, C. P.

Cavafy, John Constantine

Gentili, (?)

Giglio, (?)

Moss, Robert Johnson

Synadinos, Konstantinos

Tewfik Pasha (khedive)

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Pitaridis, family

Synadinos, family

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Cavafy, John Constantine. “Letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy”. Letter, 22.10.1883. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF001-0034 (409), 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-SF001-0034.