Letter 1829

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Date 9/21 or 10/22 August 1881 (?)
Addressed to Leonty Tkachenko
Where written Kamenka
Language Russian
Autograph Location Saint Petersburg (Russia): National Library of Russia (ф. 834, ед. хр. 29, л. 4–5)
Publication П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том X (1966), p. 190

Text and Translation

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English translation
By Brett Langston
Каменка

Леонтий Григорьевич!

Я позабыл Вам оказать при прощанье, что заказные письма и посылки в Каменку следует адресовать так: Фастовская ж[елезная] д[орога], станция Бобринская, в местечко Смелу, оттуда в Каменку. Чем скорее Вы пришлёте мне Ваши «бумажки», тем лучше.

Искренно Вас любящий,

П. Чайковский


When bidding you farewell, I forgot to tell you that registered letters and parcels to Kamenka should be addressed as follows: Fastov railway line, Bobrinskaya station, to the hamlet of Smela, thence to Kamenka. The sooner you send me your "papers", the better.

Your sincerely affectionate,

P. Tchaikovsky