A REMARKABLE letter written the day before the Titanic disaster by a victim who stated ‘if all goes well we will arrive in New York on Wednesday’ has been uncovered 105 years later.

The poignant note by a wealthy first class passenger has been valued at £80,000 but is tipped to break the record for a Titanic letter of £119,000.

Over three pages on White Star Line headed notepaper, Alexander Oskar Holverson described to his mother the luxurious surroundings of the infamous ship.

Three days after the liner left Southampton, the 42-year-old wrote on April 13, 1912 ‘this boat is giant in size and fitted up like a palacial hotel. The food and music is excellent’.

The letter is also the only one of its kind to reference the Titanic’s most famous and richest passenger, John Jacob Astor, who was on a par with Bill Gates in terms of his wealth.

Mr Holverson, wrote how he sat out on deck with the American businessman who ‘looks like any other human being even tho he has millions of money’.

Ominously, the author told his mother: “So far we have had very good weather. If all goes well we will arrive in New York on Wednesday A.M’.

The next day the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank within three hours with the loss of 1,522 passengers and crew.

Despite being a first class passenger Mr Holverson perished in the disaster, as did Astor who had said it was safer to remain on the sinking ship than in a flimsy lifeboat.

Mr Holverson’s body was recovered from the Atlantic days later and his personal effects were sent back to his brother in Minnesota, US.

These included a pocketbook in which was folded the letter that was heavily water stained.

The letter remained in the Holverson family for years and is now being sold at auction in Devizes via a third party next Saturday.

Most Titanic letters than come on the market had been posted in Cherbourg or Queenstown, Ireland - the last port of call for the ill-fated liner.

Andrew Aldridge, of Henry Aldridge and Son Auctioneers, said this is the last known letter written on board by a victim.

Two years ago a letter written on April 14, 1912, by passenger Esther Hart, who survived the sinking, sold for a record £119,000.

Accompanying the Holverson letter is a sad note written be his grieving mother, Rachael, describing her loss.

There is also a photograph of Mr Holverson and his wife Mary taken in New York before they embarked on a trip to Europe. Mary survived the disaster which happened as they returned to the US.

Mr Aldridge said: “If this letter was virtually unreadable it would still rank amongst the most desirable. Yet the content takes it to another level.

“It is the only letter to be written on April 13 that has been recovered and the only letter written on board Titanic stationary to have been recovered from a victim.