Letter·34 CDF art. 168-4·2 February 1950

Letter from Forrer to Schaeffer about his arrival in CyprusW. Forrer

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 2 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-4 (Letter from Forrer to Schaeffer about his arrival in Cyprus), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 168-4, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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He told me that he still gives you a discount of £ 2 on these £ 49 or rather £ 9 which remain.

Pe Myself I would be more at ease if you would send me a letter of credit for the Barclays Bank since I only had £ 5 and only £ 4 remains of it for the moment and that is not enough to pay the bill for the pension (12 sh. per day if I remember correctly.)

This winter it is exceptionally cold at Cyprus. Always between +30 and +40°F or between around ±0°C. My pension is not heated at all. The day before yesterday it snowed in Nicosia! But we all hope here that this cold will not last long.

Everyone here is very kind, in particular Mr Megaw and Mr Dikaios who have helped me a lot with my settling in at the Khan.

I very much hope that you have received in the meantime the drawings that I made at Beirut.

I send my respects and best regards to Mrs Schaeffer and Miss Schaeffer.

Please accept, Sir, my most respectfully devoted sentiments.

Wolfgang Forrer

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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