Hastings to his father General Sir Charles Hastings, no date

Department Archive
Collection George Finlay Papers
Reference No. FIN/H/11/19
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 18 x 22 cm
Donor/Creator
Scope and Content Hastings to his father General Sir Charles Hastings, Bt. 16 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, n.d.
Offers an explanation of the incident. (unfinished).
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.