Sir Edmund Lyons to George Finlay, 16 Mar 1838

Department Archive
Collection George Finlay Papers
Reference No. FIN/GF/B/06/021
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 18 x 23 cm
Dates 16 March 1838
Donor/Creator
Scope and Content Sir Edmund Lyons to George Finlay. 16 March 1838. Comments on King Otho's decision to keep Bavarian officers and civilians another year in Greece.
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.