Hastings to Viscount Melville, 10 Sep 1819

Department Archive
Collection George Finlay Papers
Reference No. FIN/H/11/18
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 18 x 22 cm
Dates 10 September 1819
Donor/Creator
Scope and Content Hastings to the Rt. Hon. Viscount Melville. 16 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, 10 September 1819.
Offers an explanation of the incident.
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.