Miscellaneous memoranda, letters and extracts
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | George Finlay Papers |
| Reference No. | FIN/GF/E/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Dimensions | 20 X 25 cm |
| Dates | 1822-1843 |
| Donor/Creator |
Finlay, George |
| Scope and Content | Grey mottle board, red leather spine and corners, 'Miscellaneous' pasted on spine, bound, handwritten, paginated by George Finlay, pp. 1-132 (+about 60 pp. blank). Various Greek Memoranda 1822-43. Contents listed by George Finlay as follows: Three letters addressed to the Athena a Greek newspaper published at Nauplia in 1833 Memoir read in the Society of Natural History at Athens giving an account of my discovery of a deposit of fossil bones at Pikermi 13 Decr 1836 Memorandum 22 Decr 1836 Memorial presented to the King of Greece 15 March 1836 Reflections on reading Aristotle's Politics On the condition and prospects of Greece. I think this was never printed in this form. Petition to H.M. the King of Greece on the subject of the tenths as the land tax Memorandum of an article written for the Athena 6/18 Sept. 1838 Draft of Petition for a Bank circulated among the landed proprietors of Attica and Euboea 7 July 1837 Extract of a letter which appeared in the Morning Chronicle Nov 1839 Memorandum on the state of Education in Greece Note on the modern Greek language by Revd H. D. Leeves Anecdote illustrating the condition of the Greeks in Turkey Translation of Hattisheriff read on the appointment of Grand Vizier 12 Nov 1822 Translation of writing placed on the corpse of Kurkor Duzoghlou 16 Oct 1829 Paper circulated through Greece by Lord Stranord George Finlay on his return from the Congress of Verona in 1823 Letter of Lord StranGeorge Finlayord to the Patriarch on Ionian church Answer of Patriarch 23 FebY 1823 Patriarchal and Synodical Epistle for the consecration of Archbishops and Bishops in the Septinsular Ionian States Feby 1823 Act of the Greek people offering to place themselves under the protection of Great Britain Correspondence relating to the appointment of the Revd H. D. Leeves as Chaplain to the British Legation in Greece 1843 Translation of a letter by the Duchess of Plaisance relating to her donations of money to the Mavromichales family and Mr Tricoupes Revenue and Expenditure- Greece and England |
| Notes | Letters that reference two dates 12 days apart, eg. 24 April/6 May 1828, are referring to both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Greece was one of the last European countries to adopt the Gregorian calendar. At this time, the Julian calendar was 12 days behind the Gregorian. |