Letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy
GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF001-0063 (438)
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Alexandria 2nd May 1885
My dear Constantine,
Enclosed you will find cheque
as usual, for £15.10/., being £7
from Peter and £10 from me, less
cost of mother’s gloves .... As I write the Bowab brings me your
lett Aristides of 28th April, from
which I gather that mother wishes
us to keep her gloves here; every
care will be taken to protect them from damp and moths, and
they shall be wrapped up in flannel.
In case there should be war
between England and Russia, trade will naturally be affected, ― but
navigation will be efficiently pro-
tected by armed Government
cruisers, and as long as it pays
them the Moss steamers will run. -
The telegrams today state that the
King of Denmark will be appointed
arbitrator to decide the frontier
question in Afghanistan. There
is also a rumour abroad that
all indemnities not exceeding
20.000 francs will within a few days be settled. Heaven, will
it so! and thus allow me to
embrace you all in ease as
I do now in imagination. ―
Yours affectionately
John.
C.F. Cavafy Esquire
Constantinople.
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Letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy
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Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on one side of a paper, folded in a bifolio. Comments on the political situation and reference to the amounts of money sent by the brothers from Alexandria to their mother in Istanbul. (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, John Constantine. “Letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy”. Letter, 02.05.1885. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF001-0063 (438), 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-SF001-0063.
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