To G. M. Chekhov, 10 September 1888. Moscow.
Г. М. ЧЕХОВУ, 10 сентября 1888 г. Москва.
Headnote
1 Written from Moscow on 10 September 1888 to Georgy Mitrofanovich Chekhov ("Zhorzh"), Anton’s young cousin in Taganrog, son of his uncle Mitrofan Yegorovich Chekhov. Chekhov apologizes for having passed through Taganrog on 6 August without stopping to visit, and explains that after a month of hard travel he simply wanted to get home.
2 He recounts the itinerary of his recent trip through the Crimea and Transcaucasia – Sukhum, Novy Afon, Poti, Batum, Tiflis, Baku – and the steamers he traveled on, with a plan to reach Constantinople and Old Athos the following year. He reports that his brother Mikhail ("Misha") had told him Georgy would be in Moscow that winter, asks after a Dr. Yeremeev, and closes with greetings to the household and a courtesy to Georgy’s mother.