Sir Edmund Lyons to George Finlay, 11/23 Apr 1844

Department Archive
Collection George Finlay Papers
Reference No. FIN/GF/B/05/009
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 9 x 11 cm
Dates 23 April 1844
Donor/Creator
Scope and Content Sir Edmund Lyons to George Finlay. Athens, 11/23 April 1844.
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.