Sir Edmund Lyons to George Finlay, 4 Sep 1842

Department Archive
Collection George Finlay Papers
Reference No. FIN/GF/B/05/005
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 12 x 19 cm
Dates 4 September 1842
Donor/Creator
Scope and Content Sir Edmund Lyons to George Finlay. Athens, 4 September 1842. Incomplete.
Notes Greece was one of the last European countries to adopt the newer Gregorian calendar. For most of the nineteenth century, the Julian calendar was 12 days behind the Gregorian. British correspondents in the Finlay Collection tend to use the newer calendar. Letters with two dates 12 days apart, eg. 24 April / 6 May 1828, refer to both the Julian and Gregorian calendars.