About the George Finlay Papers
The George Finlay Papers contain materials created by and related to the British Historian and Philhellene George Finlay, his father John Finlay, Greek-American Philhellene George Jarvis, and British Philhellene Captain Frank Abney Hastings, dating from 1791 to 1949. Most of the collection consists of George Finlay’s meticulous records of his travels, personal and official correspondence, his personal expenditures, copious memoranda on strategy and on military and political organisation, journal entries, maps, facetiae, scrapbooks, personal notes on people—Greeks and others—and on revolutionary events, newspaper cuttings mainly on Greece and international affairs, as well as Finlay’s original manuscripts of the History of the Greek Revolution (1861) as well as corrected proofs of Finlay’s other published works.
Also included are the papers of Finlay’s father, John, two journals of Greek American philhellene, George Jarvis, and those of Finlay’s fellow British philhellene, Captain Frank Abney Hastings. The Hastings papers, which Finlay purchased in 1830, include personal and official correspondence, ship’s logs, notes that he took on board or ashore, as well as memoranda on strategy and on the naval organisation of the revolutionary forces. Collectively, these records reveal a great deal about the character, motivations, ideas, as well as the military and political judgements of these British individuals, as well as of many others, both British and Greek, with whom they interacted during the Greek War of Independence as well as many of Finlay's other interests, such as Classical and Byzantine history, natural history and politics.
Cream vellum, handwritten, 'ATTIC ITINERARIES' written on spine, paginated, pp. 1-64+ 1-65, bound. Notes of itineraries and time taken en route.
See also George Finlay's copy of W. Gell, The Itinerary of Greece . . ., London, 1819 (now D. 57 in BSA Main Library) with his notes passim and at end further routes, distances, and time taken.
Loose sheets kept rolled up 62 cm long. Miscellaneous large prints from the Finlay Papers
Notices of awards, visiting cards, letter
Loose cuttings. Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings (mostly from The Times, 1852, 1854, 1856).
Green mottle boards, faded navy cloth spine, paginated, pp.1- 186, bound.
Newspaper cuttings pasted in+some loose more or less arranged under subjects but not indexed by George Finlay.
England, mostly reviews of historical works from The Times in the 60s.
Ireland, Canada, India.
Biographical works and obituary notices, e.g. Joseph Hume 1855, Sir James Brooke 1868.
Parliamentary reforms 1852, 1859, 1967 (Globe, The Times).
Alabama question (The Times).
Abyssinia, 1867, 1868.
See also FIN/GF/A/12/5 [R. 8.35] Modern Scraps.
Loose cuttings. Press cuttings (loose) relative to the Abyssinian campaign of 1867, affairs in Europe and Napoleon III. Also a written list.
Loose cuttings. Miscellaneous collection of press cuttings, dating from 1845 to 1873, covering a wide range, e.g. Scottish affairs, the Nile, the Navy, etc. Also 3 handwritten notes and 1 bill.
Black, worn black calf spine, printed book.
G. Finlay, The Communications between Europe and India through Egypt, considered in relation to the political and commercial interests of Great Britain and the policy of France (London, Smith Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill, 1846), pp. 1-73.
And some loose newspaper cuttings and handwritten jottings.
Vellum covers, broken spine, paginated, pp. 1-63+ 1-67, bound.
Commonplace Book
Poetical quotations at one end, some handwritten; some cuttings pasted in; some loose sheets with George Finlay's jottings+ loose press cuttings.
Extracts at the other end, including newspaper cuttings, anecdotes, etc., and material relating to Bentham.
First entry date January 1829 and the last 1874.
Rubbed purple mottle boards, worn leather spine and corners, 'Journal' on spine, bookplate inside cover 'John Finlay', with coat of arms and motto 'I'll be wary'. 'For Mrs MacGregor's Album' written on p. 2, paginated, pp. 1-210.
Commonplace Book
Excerpts pasted up (a kind of Readers' Digest containing information, pictures, poems, amusing anecdotes, some political pieces) ; the dates range from 1819, 1823, 1824, to 1825.
Rubbed green mottle boards, worn leather spine and corners, 'Journal' on spine, bound, paginated, pp. 1-223.
Commonplace Book
(As FIN/GF/A/31.)
Pasted on first leaf:
'Prize little things: nor think it ill / That men small things preserve.'
Green cloth. 'George Finlay' in gilt lettering on front cover, leather spine (now broken), bound and paginated, pp. 1-160.
A scrapbook containing inter alia:
(1) lithographs of buildings, scenes, and personages ranging from Scotland to the Tartars and Mehemet Ali
(2) cartoons from Punch
political lampoons
(3) a few water-colours
(4) stamps 7 Victorian 1 German 6 French + 1 torn French
(5) lithograph of Finlay on first flyleaf (portrait of Finlay as a young man)
(6) dinner invitations to George Finlay from Artin Bey on behalf of the Viceroy, Cairo, 26 October and 19 December 1848.
Green leather boards, gilt lettering 'CATALOGUE' on both spine and front cover, paginated by George Finlay as far as used ( = pp. 1-109), handwritten, bound.
'Catalogue of Books belonging to George Finlay, Athens, 1 January 1848' [arranged alphabetically].
Blue mottle board, brown leather spine and corners, on spine gilt lettering 'Catalogue of books', on front cover 'Catalogue of Books and Maps comprising the library of George Finlay', bound, handwritten, paginated 1-140 (pages written recto and verso).
Stuck inside front copy is a sheet headed: 'Books lent and not returned. I have forgotten to whom I lent them.'
Listed by George Finlay on recto of front flyleaf.
George Finlay's note:
Catalogue of Books and Maps belonging to George Finlay Athens Jany 1865 'That of which a man may be actually certain amounts to very little'.
Books in various languages, alphabetical order
in Modern Greek
Maps and Plans
Numismatic works
Newspapers
Pamphlets on Greece and Greek affairs
Pamphlets on the affairs of Turkey, Crete and Greece
Modern Greek books
Archaeological works
Prehistoric archaeology in Cabinet
Books of extreme rarity
Brown mottle boards, black leather spine and corners, bound, paginated per page (1-162) but often written recto and verso, handwritten, bound.
Catalogue of Books and Maps belonging to George Finlay, Athens, January 1865.
This appears to be a copy (not in George Finlay's hand) of FIN/GF/A/35 [S. 9.13(b)]. Though not an entirely exact copy, it gives each item as in FIN/GF/A/35.
Entry in front flysheet:
'NB. Many of the books in this catalogue, especially those relating to Greece, have valuable additions inserted.
Catalogue of Books and Maps belonging to George Finlay. Athens. Jan. 1865.'
This is followed by a list of contents, see FIN/GF/A/35 [S. 9.13(b)].
Two letters, from archives of Kallas family of Corfu and presented by Pericles Kallas, 12 September 1949.
Dark-brown, gilt lettering on spine 'Col. Leake, Life and Correspondence', printed and handwritten, bound in a single volume.
(a) and (b) Two letters to George Finlay from J. H. Marsden pasted on front flyleaves, 9 February and 19 March 1864.
(c) A letter to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, LL.D., F.R.S., Chancellor of the University of Cambridge [printed for private circulation], 18 September 1863, from 'A member of the Senate' [J. Hill], pp. 1-15 [on Leake].
(d) J. H. Marsden, A brief Memoir of the life and writings of the late Lieutenant-Colonel William Martin Leake D.C.L., F.R.S., etc., etc. (London, 1864). For private circulation only, pages 1-43 (printed).
(e) Typed copy (loose) of 'Finlay's letter to Leake sent by the latter to the Times' and printed on 3 December 1833 under the heading of Greece (it was on the proposed plans for the excavation of Athens). [This copy was sent on 24 February 1926 by R. Deakin to W. Miller, British Chamber of Commerce, Athens.]
(f) A considerable number of letters are bound up at the end of this volume. Unless otherwise stated they are from W. M. Leake to George Finlay.
(1) W. M. Leake to George Finlay. Nottingham Place, 6 August 1830. Mentions corrections to his map from George Finlay's information and remarks on ancient sites. Encloses prospectus for the Society for the Promotion of Geography. 4 pp.
(2) Near Ware, 8 September 1831. Remarks on the survey of Euboea, and his own travels in northern Greece. 3 pp.
(3) Nottingham Place, 11 April 1833. Discussion of ancient sites. Comment on the present situation in Greece. 4 pp.
(4) Nottingham Place, 1 January 1834. Plan for excavation of Athens and George Finlay's comment sent by Leake to The Times. The contemporary situation. Ancient place-names. The political situation in England. 4 pp.
(5) Nottingham Place, 3 March 1835. Lack of interest in England in the plans for the excavation of Athens. The con temporary situation and shortsightedness in refusing to allow copies of inscriptions. Comments on ancient sites and the boundaries of the kingdom. 4 pp.
(6) Colchester, 23 June 1835. Introducing Mr. Hamilton. Archaeological topography particularly in Aegina. Queries regarding sites. 4 pp.
(7) Nottingham Place, 30 October 1835. Comment on inscriptions and ancient topography. Discussion of the northern boundaries of Greece and the general situation in the Middle East. 4 pp.
(8) Nottingham Place, 29 January 1836. Topographical discussion on northern Greece. Lack of agricultural progress in modern Greece. 3 pp.
(9) Nottingham Place, 15 August 1836. Discussion of the topography of Aphidna. Flints and the inscriptions in Pittakys's book. The Greek political situation. 3 pp.
(10) 25 Nottingham Place, 25 November 1836. Thanks George Finlay for his pamphlets on banking, Argos, and the Hellenic Kingdom. English ignorance of the affairs of modern Greece. Approval of George Finlay's writings from the Chronicle. Discussion of George Finlay's paper on Aphidna. Thanks him for information on the six demes round Hymettus. Request for a map of Attica and a plan of Athens. Slavery in ancient Attica. 4 pp.
(11) Nottingham Place, 24 February 1837. Thanks George Finlay for the journal of his late tour. The political situation in Greece. Disapproval of the king's policy. Discussion of the sites and local divisions of ancient Attica. Remarks on Phaleron, Alimous, and the Vari Cave. Request for a copy of Ross's inscriptions. 4 pp.
(12) Nottingham Place, 26 April 1837. Discusses possibilities of publishing George Finlay's topographical work on Attica. Comments on inscriptions mentioned in George Finlay's work. Queries on the altitude of Athos, the mountains of Attica, and on George Finlay's essay 'The Battle of Marathon'. Comment on Pashley's book on Crete. Criticism on Armansperg's proceedings in the matter of the loan. Desire for English support for the liberal party in Greece. 3 pp.
(13) 26 Nottingham Place, 29 May 1837. Announcement to 'our Society' of George Finlay's unpublished inscriptions. Topographical observations on Rafina. Comments on the Long Walls found by Ross, and the inscriptions between Stavros and Charvati. Comments on various opinions as to the ancient roads of Attica. Criticism of Bulwer's History of Athens. Approval of George Finlay's agricultural efforts. 4 pp.
(14) Nottingham Place, 31 July 1837. Thanks for Pittakys's plan of Athens. Reference to George Finlay's essay on the battle of Marathon. Comment on L's plan of Athens. British indifference concerning Greece. 3 pp.
(15) Near Ware, 24 September 1837. Thanks for receipt of George Finlay's work on Amphiareion. Recommends appending it to George Finlay's essay on the battle of Marathon with addition offurther maps. Topographical comments on Amphiareion. Asks for a more complete plan of the Acropolis area. The news about Prytaneion and choregic monument. 3 pp.
(16) Nottingham Place, 27 December 1837. Hopes for publication of George Finlay's essay on the battle of Marathon. Requests a new plan of Athens, especially of Propylaea and the temple of Victory. Discusses the Prytaneion and the choregic monument. Thanks for copy of inscriptions from Euboea and other islands. Hopes that Boeckh will collect all Attic inscriptions in a corpus. Asks for information on the monument of Rome and Augustus, the western entrance of Acropolis, and Erechtheion. Refers to Greece and the western powers. 4 pp.
(17) Nottingham Place, 30 August 1838. Approves General Gordon's views on mount Callidromos. George Finlay's work on the battle of Marathon, Aphidna, Amphiareion about to be printed. Thanks for map of the Propylaea. News on Agrippa's pedestal and Phaleron Bay. Request to have a plan of the southern Long Walls, of Piraeus and Phaleron, and better map of Attica for his topography. Remarks on politics. 3 pp.
(18) 50 Queen Anne Street, 17 August 1839. Intends to visit Athens. George Finlay's two papers have been published by the R.S. of Literature. Hopes soon for a second edition of his own Topography of Athens and the demes. Requests a better map of Attica. More optimistic than George Finlay concerning future of Greece. Regrets failure to establish a bank in Athens as advocated by George Finlay. Discusses effect of political situation (England, Russia, Turkey) on the Greek position. 4 pp.
(19) 50 Queen Anne Street, 20 January 1840. Thanks for receipt of Aldenhoven's map and pamphlet on Diakria and Oropia. The new edition of his Topography of Athens to be printed in 2 volumes. Questions regarding plan of Athens, temple of Rome and Augustus, and position of temple of Aphrodite. Seeks information on new discoveries at Erechtheion and new plan of Acropolis. Requests further information on Pnyx, lion of Exomites, horse of Vari, and site of Merenda. Criticism of English policy towards Turkey. Is willing to contribute financially towards construction of the Greek University, but asks George Finlay's opinion. 4 pp.
(20) L. Ross to George Finlay. Athens, 20 March 1840. Answer to L's queries about Ross's plan of the Acropolis. Refers to temple of Rome and Augustus, Erechtheion, and temple of Victory. Desire to see L's topography of Attica. Preparation of the description of Acropolis by 'cet Anonymus Viennois' in Wiener Jahrbücher referring to temple of Artemis Brauronia. Insistence on the existence of temple of Ares (in French). 2 pp.
(21) W. M. Leake to George Finlay. 50 Queen Anne Street, 14 April 1840. Discusses his statement in first edition of his Topography on position of temple of Rome. Queries re inscription on Hadrian's Arch. Receipt of Ross's report in Wiener Jahrbücher on description of Acropolis by 'Anonymus' of Vienna. Doubt about the position of temple of Ares. Assumption regarding Theseion. Desires to find more inscriptions. English government's indifference concerning Greece. Reference to publication of George Finlay's 'memoir'. Remarks on statue of 'the sheep of Kochla' and inscription of temple of Augustus (Boeckh, no. 478). 5 pp.
(22) Richmond, Surrey, 16 July 1840. Satisfaction at Pennethorne's observations on north side of Parthenon in relation to height of Acropolis. Remarks on aesthetic aspects of Parthenon. Comment on temple of Rome and Augustus. 3 pp.
(23) E. Braun to George Finlay. Rome, 10 June 1870. Letter of introduction on behalf of architect Richter. 1 p.
(24) W. M. Leake to George Finlay. Ramsgate, 2 November 1840. Announces death of K. O. Muller. He has finished printing of second edition of his Topography of Athens and is preparing his Demes of Attica. Refers to topography and inscriptions relative to Attic demes. Wishes to purchase coins offered by Dragoumis. Request for information regarding Piraeus and theatre and stadion of Munychia. Remarks on Syria and Mehemet Ali. 4 pp.
(25) Queen Anne Street, 30 May 1841. Advice on assistance for Crete. Subject raised in Parliament, but English government remains indifferent. Hope for future English intervention on lines of resolution of conference of London 20 February 1830. Necessity for Allied intervention to secure more humane treatment by Turks. Comments on travel books on Egypt and Syria. Regret at General Gordon's death. 4 pp.
(26) Queen Anne Street, 21 May 1841. His own efforts on behalf of Crete. Submission of paper to Palmerston putting case for Crete with translation of Cretan proclamation; necessity for measures to help Crete in accordance with resolution of the Conference of London (1830). Regret at Greek political situation. 4 pp.
(27) Queen Anne Street, 5 June 1841. Satisfaction at Palmerston's promise to intervene with Turkey on behalf of Greek population of Crete but Palmerston disclaims knowledge of allied resolution of 20 February 1830. Cretans should be recommended to maintain their present attitude until they have written pledge to secure their future. 4 pp.
(28) 7 July 1842. Encourages George Finlay's plan to write on modern Greece. 3 pp.
(29) Queen Anne Street, 14 August 1842. Announces dispatch of parcel with copies of his own papers. George Finlay's unpublished inscription will be presented to the Society [Royal Society for Literature]. 2 pp.
(30) Tunbridge Wells, 25 July 1842. Hopes letter will reach George Finlay before he leaves for Scotland. Asks to borrow George Finlay's copy of Thiersch's 'Tzakonika'. Comments on George Finlay's information about columns of Heraion of Argos. Remarks on topography of Asterion. 4 pp.
(31) Tunbridge Wells, 5 August 1842. Has sent George Finlay a copy of the Transactions [of the Royal Society for Literature] containing George Finlay's papers; his own work on unpublished inscriptions is in the press. Comment on W. J. Hamilton's Researches in Asia Minor [signature cut from letter]. 3 pp.
(32) Tunbridge Wells, 10 September 1842. Addition of Peloponnesiaca as supplement to Travels in the Morea. Additions to map of Laconia. 3 pp.
(33) George Finlay to W. M. Leake. 7 East Circus Place, Edinburgh, 14 September 1842. Dispatch of Thiersch's book to L. Undertaking to send notes on Laconia and maps of Roman period. 4 pp.
(34) W. M. Leake to George Finlay. Tunbridge Wells, 16 September 1842. Thanks George Finlay for loan of Thiersch's book. 2 pp.
(35) Tunbridge Wells, 24 October 1842. Remarks on Thiersch's book lent him by George Finlay. 2 pp.
(36) [29 Regency Square], Brighton, 29 January 1843. Regret at Greek political situation. Query on inscription said to have been found at temple of Athena on Aegina. 4 pp.
(37) Queen Anne Street, 18 February 1843. Dispatch of copies of his books Journal of a Tour in Asia Minor and Outline of the Greek Revolution. Remarks on Ulrichs' work on Piraeus and Long Walls, on temple of Ocha (?) in Euboea, and on Delphic inscriptions. Comments on Greek political situation. 4 pp.
(38) Queen Anne Street, 13 December 1843. Thanks for gift of George Finlay's work on Greece under the Romans. Remarks on political situation in Greece. Discussion of inscriptions from Delphi sent to W. J. Hamilton. 3 pp.
(39) Queen Anne Street, 5 January 1844. Thanks to George Finlay and Pittakys for copies of [Greek] Archaeological Journal containing L's inscriptions. England now more interested in Greek political situation. Expression of doubt about payment of Greek debt. 3 pp.
(40) Queen Anne Street, 6 March 1844. Discussion of inscriptions. His desire to assist Athenian University. Remarks on friezes of Magnesia on Maeander and on Lycian friezes. 3 pp.
(41) Queen Anne Street, 15 May 1844. Discusses difficulty of obtaining his Topography of Athens in Greece. Efforts of Greeks in London to form society for education of Greeks in England, with assistance of philhellenes and of Greek merchants. English political situation. 4 pp.
(42) Ponwell, Isle of Wight, 22 August 1846. To introduce his nephew George Middleton who is touring Egypt and the Holy Land, a journey recently made by George Finlay. He sends 'a pamphlet' on Greek affairs, and his Peloponnesiaca. 4 pp.
(43) Sandgate, 26 August 1846. Comments on George Finlay's travels in Egypt, Syria, Holy Lands. Topographical and historical discussion of Holy Sepulchre. Mention of Penrose's visit to Athens to study its monuments. Thanks for dispatch of Tzakonian grammar. Difficulty in arranging for sale of his books in Athens. A new ministry in England and 'the inevitable Palmerston'. Is glad that George Finlay has not abandoned Greece under the Byzantines. Hopes to see Halicarnassus marbles. 7 pp.
(44) Queen Anne Street, 1 December 1847. On the misgovernment of Greece. Remarks on Hughes' map in his [L's] Peloponnesiaca. Satisfaction at George Finlay's undertaking a history of Greece in the Middle Ages. Agreement as to importance of Slav conquest. Comments on German historiography. Discussion of Egyptian antiquities and of ancient utensils found at Marathon, Liossia, etc. Remarks on feasibility of ship canal at Suez. Comments on Palmerston and English political situation. 7 pp.
(45) Queen Anne Street, 3 July 1848. re possibility of printing George Finlay's 'paper' by the R.S. of Literature. Insecurity of Attica prevents visit to ancient sites. Criticism of English policy towards Greece. Middleton's travels in Egypt, Syria, and Palestine. Comments on Thiersch's paper on vase-handles found in Athens. 4 pp.
(46) Leamington, 19 October 1849. Sends copies of his papers on Syracuse and inscriptions on coins. Comments on Russia's policy towards Turkey. 2 pp.
(47) 50 Queen Anne Street, 16 February 1850. Remarks on English policy concerning the annexation of two islands [Sapienza and Cervi] by Ionian Septinsular Republic. Misinterpretation of the terms of treaty of 1800. Russian policy towards Ionian Islands. Concern at internal situation of Greece. 4 pp.
(48) 50 Queen Anne Street, 6 March 1850. Reference to the Blue Book with all papers relating to Ionian Islands. Mention of his own letters to Daily News on Russian misinterpretation of treaty of 1800. Suggests giving publicity in Athens to his letters if George Finlay thinks this desirable. Can government extricate itself without throwing Palmerston overboard which would be 'a good riddance'? 4 pp.
(49) Queen Anne Street, 19 March 1850. Regrets England's 'hypocritical interference' in affairs of Greece. Flattered by dedication to be made by George Finlay in his proposed history and hopes he will touch on 'recent history, of which something may be added to the Thucydidean history of Gordon'. Sir J. Hobhouse shares his views on Greece but has been 'bribed to silence' and follows Palmerston. Answer to George Finlay's question on the value of Byzantine money. Criticism of Grote's history and doubt about the accuracy of his information. Comment on ancient arrowheads. 4 pp.
(50) 21 March 1850. Palmerston's arbitrary reply to Glarakis's letter. Blue Book's reference to incident at Piraeus and Ionian claims. Hopes that George Finlay's claim will be paid in full. Don Pacifico's claims are at present unreasonable. 4 pp.
(51) Queen Anne Street, 12 May 1850. Refers to editorial criticism of George Finlay's claims in The Times. But supplement to Blue Book supports him. Criticism of Palmerston's conduct in Don Pacifico affair. Inquires whether casts of the western frieze of the Parthenon are still for disposal and discusses whether they could be deposited in Manchester. 4 pp.
(52) C. Hansen to George Finlay. Athens, 11/23June 1850. He agrees to sell the casts of western frieze of the Parthenon to L. 1 p.
(53) W. M. Leake to George Finlay. Catherington, Hants, 15 September 1850. Anxiety about the transference of the Parthenon casts to Manchester after Hansen's departure from Athens. Caustic analysis of Palmerston's handling of Don Pacifico affair. Last three volumes of Grote 'far preferable to the preceding ones', though L from first-hand knowledge will take issue with Grote on various points, e.g. topography of Navarino. 4 pp.
(54) Leamington, 24 October 1850. Discussion of his 'new mode of illustrating numismatics'. Announces George Finlay's election as honorary member of Royal Society of Literature. 4 pp.
(55) Worthing, 22 November 1850. Modifications in exhibition of casts of western frieze of the Parthenon in museum at Manchester. Discussion on internal situation of Greece. Difficult relations between Greek and Turkish population. L thinks that Ionian islands other than Corfu should be handed over to Greece. Praises Mure's book and thinks it time that the German school of Greek criticism should be overthrown. L's views on composition of the Iliad and on battle of Pharsala. Comments on Don Pacifico who has 'been in England incog.'. L is cataloguing his Greek coins 'in such a manner as to show the value of monumental history'. 5 pp.
(56) Worthing, 6 January 1851. On prices and purchases of Athenian coins. Deplores misgovernment in Greece as described by George Finlay. 4 pp.
(57) Queen Anne Street, 28 February 1851. Acknowledges receipt of the Philopatris. He proposes to send George Finlay his pamphlet entitled 'Greece at the end of 23 years protection'. Tricoupi objects to L's contention (based on George Finlay's information) that the land of Greece is now less productive than it was before the war. Comments on Greek economic situation. Asks for exact weight in grains of Troy of the 'decadrachmon of Athens'. In England 'the Whigs are defunct as a party'. The Crystal Palace. 4 pp.
(58) Glarakis to W. M. Leake. Athens, 5 June 1851. Circular of Greek Archaeological Society to European scholars referring to need of research on ancient Athens and publication of inscriptions related to the ancient Bouleuterion. 2 pp.
(59) W. M. Leake to George Finlay. Queen Anne Street, 27 June 1851.
Greets George Finlay's arrival in England and is glad that his work on medieval Greece is so far advanced. Inquires whether George Finlay intends visiting London and 'the wonders of the Hyalodomus'. 3 pp.
(60) 10 July 1851. L has just received a letter from Glarakis of the Archaeological Society at Athens on recent discoveries of inscriptions, some of which refer to Bouleuterion. These inscriptions were reported by Pittakys, Khoraemis and Eustratiades. 3 pp.
(61) 50 Queen Anne Street, 14July 1851. L has forwarded George Finlay's paper to the Athenaeum and awaits its publication. Notes that George Finlay intends to be in town by the 20th. 2 pp.
(62) Queen Anne Street, 1 July 1853. The crisis in Levantine affairs. Criticism of Palmerston and Lord John Russell. L's suggested policy towards Turkey. Observations on Erechtheum and on Olympieum. Reference to favourable English reviews of George Finlay's work. L has been cataloguing his collection of Greek coins. Criticism of Grote whose twelfth (and last) volume is now announced. 4 pp.
(63) Teddington, 14 September 1853. Hopes to meet George Finlay before he leaves England and invites him to stay. 2 pp.
(64) Teddington, 24 September [1853]. Invitation to George Finlay to spend the night with L. 1 p.
(65) Teddington, [September 1853]. L sends copies of his paper on Pharsala to George Finlay to take to Athens. 1 p.
(66) Teddington, 26 September 1853. L sends times of trains to Hampton Court. 2 pp.
(67) Tunbridge Wells, 7 November 1853. Analysis of English foreign policy; deplores russophobia which has meant English indifference to the fate of Christian population of Turkey. 'Fortunately our affairs are now in the hands of Ab[erdeen] and Cl[arendon] instead of R[ussell] and P[almerston].' George Finlay's 'last work' commended as filling gaps in Gibbon's History. L's catalogue of coins not yet completed. Critical remarks regarding Greece's claims on Constantinople 'as their capital of state comprehending European Turkey'. 4 pp.
(68) Queen Anne Street, 17 April 1854. Criticizes Russell's view that insurrection was to be attributed entirely to Greek government. Bad frontier given to Greek kingdom inevitably caused trouble. 4 pp.
(69) Martin Leake to George Finlay. 50 Queen Anne Street, 4 June 1854.
Sends message from Col. Leake saying that Mr. Hamilton will be pleased to meet George Finlay 'here' at dinner. 1 p.
(70) W. M. Leake to George Finlay. 50 Queen Anne Street, 13 June 1854. Criticism of British neglect of Greek cause. Publication of Blue Book purposely postponed. English indifference towards persecutions of Greeks in Constantinople and eastern and western Greece. British failure to intervene to stop Albanian cruelties. Professor Felton's sound views in condemning Lord Stratford's vicious boundary line as basic cause of Greek insurrection; his report on the progress of the Greek nation. Folly of trying to bolster up Ottoman Empire. Regrets that George Finlay has not been able to visit him. Has kept almost all George Finlay's letters, though he usually burns his private correspondence.
(71) 50 Queen Anne Street, 24 July 1854. Congratulates George Finlay on his second volume on Byzantine Greece. Discusses the problem of co-existence of Greeks and Turks in Greece itself and outside. Difficulties caused by Albanians. Regrets that the Russians did not beat Turks and advance to Adrianople before our army arrived. 4 pp.
(72) Tunbridge Wells, 29 November 1854. Acquisition of coins not in L's catalogue. Criticism of pro-Turkish policy of English ambassador. Criticism of Crimea expedition. Sebastopol siege a political failure. Change in Turkish attitude towards Greeks in Constantinople essential. 4 pp.
(73) 50 Queen Anne Street, 25 April 1855. Desirability of reform of Greek army by English in Athens. Bitter criticism of conduct of Crimean war. Discussion of a coin of Termessus in the B.M. 4 pp.
(74) 50 Queen Anne Street, 10 May 1856. Acknowledges receipt of two volumes of inscriptions from Mr. Rangabe of Athens. Unfortunately both copies of second volume, or is one copy meant for Royal Society of Literature? Comments on outcome of war, 'the Greek kingdom is the great difficulty'. 4 pp.
(75) Dover, 25 November 1857. Apologizes for delay in reply, has been engaged in enlightening public on 'the abominable conduct of the Ministry in the War Department . . . infinitely worse since Lord Palmerston became Premier'. [L is referring to disasters in India.] Harbour-works in Dover. Rumania's new government. L's view that 'our old India' is 'lost for ever'. Comments on George Finlay's information on the discovery of shells in Odeion of Herodes Atticus. L notes that George Finlay is preparing his record of Greek revolution. 4 pp.
. (76) Brighton, 24 December 1858. L is sorry to hear of George Finlay's illness. He asks further information about Gladstone's visit to Athens. Important that Gladstone should visit Mycenae. L's conviction that Trojan war 'was a reality and the Iliad a historical poem. What are all the dreams of the Germans in the face of monumental proofS?' L lists his publications which should have reached George Finlay, but fears that 'the wonders of the Electric Telegraph have damaged the accuracy of the Post Office'. L hears that Greece is still misgoverned in spite of some improvement and deplores a government of England worse than that of Greece as a result of 'the fatal combination of a female reign, a senseless consort, and a wicked minister'. Should anything be retained in Asia beyond the three Presidencies? L asks George Finlay's opinion on his identification of Skopelos with Halonnesos and Khilidromia with Peparethus, as proposed in his Travels and Numismatics. 4 pp.
(77) 50 Queen Anne Street, 23 February 1859. Thanks George Finlay for two coins. L's catalogue of about 2,000 coins is nearly complete. Request for information on coin of Arcesirte. L considers British policy towards the Greeks to have been hostile and pro-Turkish and cites instances. Does not understand Gladstone's mission but hopes that he has 'some ulterior object charitable to the Greek nation beyond that which he stated to you . . .'. English policy towards Ionian Islands. England has no right to impose a constitution on the Septinsular state. 3 pp.
(78) 50 Queen Anne Street, London, 22 January 1859. Lists titles of L's political books. Ironical comments on Gladstone's mission in Greece, and criticism of British policy towards Greece since independence. L's approval of union of Ionian Islands other than Corfu with Greece. Discussion of coins of Peparethus and Pallene. Criticism of Clark's rejection of identification of treasuries of Mycenae in his Peloponnesus. 5 pp.
(79) 57 Upper Brunswick Place, Brighton, 13 December 1859. L sends George Finlay his Numismata Hellenica. L has exchanged this with Tricoupi for his History of the Greek Revolution. Hope that discussion in House of Commons re the Sultan's policy will be advantageous to Greece. 4 pp.
(80) G. Middleton (L's nephew) to George Finlay. 25 Maddox Street, Regent Street, 11 January 1860. Announcement of his uncle Col. L's death on 6 January 1860 from chill followed by paralytic seizure from which he did not recover consciousness. 4 pp.
(81) S. Tricoupis to George Finlay. London, 28/29 February 1860. T sends George Finlay books as requested. He praises L as 'an ardent Philhellene'. 2 pp.
(82) Mrs. Martin Leake to George Finlay. Brighton, 16 February 1860. Thanks George Finlay for his condolences and asks whether he wishes to receive back his correspondence with her husband. She intends to sell L's coins and vases to the Fitzwilliam Museum and hopes to write a memoir of him. 4 pp.
(83) Mrs. Martin Leake to George Finlay. 9 Queen Anne Street, London, 7 February 1861. Refers to errors in obituary notices of L. Anxiety about disposal of L's books, coins, etc. under terms of his will, 'the universities being so poor'. Hopes to see George Finlay when he visits London in early summer. 4 pp.
(g) Obituary of W. M. Leake in Greek (pages 1-3 by K. Phrearites). Translation of an address to Royal Society, London. See also Section B for further correspondence with Leake.
Mottle bands, maroon calf (cracked) spine and corner tips, gold lettering on spine 'Greek Papers G.F.', paginated pp. 1-303, George Finlay's printed articles and letters pasted up (with some handwritten addenda and corrigenda), with some loose cuttings (mainly on modern Greece).
(1) 'Greece', the Scotsman, 14 May 1828, unsigned letter from Egina, 5 February 1828, pasted on inside cover.
(2) 'The new government in Greece', the Scotsman, 1 November 1828, letter from Egina, 27 August 1828, signed 'F.'.
(3) 'An important section of the Eastern Question', paper not cited, signed 'Phylax'.
(4) 'Affairs of Greece in 1827', paper not cited, article based on report sent by George Finlay.
(5) 'An Adventure during the Greek Revolution', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 52, no. 325 (November 1842), 668-73.
(6) 'Foreign Correspondence. Archaeological Researches in Greece, July 1843', The Athenaeum, 5 August 1843, signed George Finlay.
(7) Letter from Lord Aberdeen to George Finlay of 10 June 1843 declining to become a patron of the proposed archaeological society but stating that in the event of its formation he would be happy to be a member.
(8) Handwritten draft of the constitution of the proposed Archaeological Society, 25 August 1843, signed W. M. Leake, C. H. Bracebridge, G. Finlay.
(9) 'The Bankruptcy of the Greek Kingdom', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 54, no. 335 (September 1843), 345-62.
(10) Letter to the Athenians (in Greek) by George Finlay (printed), Athens, 1844.
(11) 'Michael Kalliphournas', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 55, no. 344 (June, 1844), 725-30.
(12) 'The Actual Condition of the Greek State', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 55, no. 344 (June 1844), 785-96.
(13) 'Biographical Sketch of Frank Abney Hastings', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 58, no. 360 (October 1845), 496-520. (14) 'The Indian Overland Route', Morning Herald, 26 December 1846. Unsigned article, from pamphlet 'On the Communication between Europe and India through Egypt'.
(15) Loose cutting from Morning Herald, 2 August (on Mr. MacGregor's candidature as M.P. for Banbury, year not given, ?1847).
(16) 'Belisarius-was he blind?' (with addenda and corrigenda in George Finlay's hand), Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 61,. no. 379 (May 1847), 606-21. [Unsigned but dated by George Finlay 'Athens, 20 March 1847'.]
(17) 'Crossing the Desert', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 62, no. 381 July 1847)
(18) 'Three Months at Gaza', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 62, no. 383 (September 1847)
(19) On the Site of the Holy Sepulchre by G. Finlay (rs. 6d.). Notice only, pamphlet not here. See FIN/GF/C/17, p. 27.
(20) 'The Political Condition and Prospects of Greece', Massachusetts Quarterly Review (Boston), December 1847, no. 1, 63-96, unsigned.
(21) Two printed letters (= 178a) inserted loose between pp. 178 and 179
(i) Thos. Wyse, Queen, Salamis Bay, to Palmerston, 18 March 1850
(ii) Mr. Finlay to Mr. Wyse, Athens, 15 March 1850 (on George Finlay's claims).
(sheet loose)
(22) 'The Greek Question-Mr. Finlay' (? The Scotsman), signed George Finlay, Athens, 28 March 1850 (on George Finlay's claims).
(23) 'Greece Again', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 67, no. 416 (May 1850), 526-39.
(24) Poem 'The Modern Argonauts', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 67, no. 416 (May 1850), 539-41 [on the Don Pacifico Affair].
(25) Greek translation of item (23) dated Athens 12 August 1850 and printed in Ἐφημερìς τοῦ Λαοῦ.
(26) 'Foreign Correspondence', The Athenaeum, 2 August 1851, signed George Finlay [on alleged discovery of ancient Greek manuscripts].
(27) Ἀθῆναι, 1 February 1852 [in Greek on Fallmerayer's views].
(28) The Witness, Edinburgh, 23 June 1852, p. 202. 'American Missionaries in Greece', a letter signed George Finlay, Athens, 7 June 1852 [on Hill and his condemnation for his religious teaching in his own house August 1851] with an English translation of letter from Greek lawyers supporting Hill.
(29) Cuttings from Southport Visitor, 10 February 1854, referring to Finlay's frequent visits and his mother and two half-brothers 'Mr. Walter McGregor the great iron founder of Liverpool and Mr. J. McGregor the railway magnate and member of Parliament. Their mother is a resident of Southport'.
(30) The Times, 20 July 1853, 'Passports in the Mediterranean' letter signed George Finlay, Athens, 7 July 1853.
(31) The Times, 14 April 1853, 'The Taxes on Knowledge', speech in the Commons by Mr. MacGregor.
(32) 'A Glance at Turkish History', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 75, no. 460 (February 1854), 184-92.
(33) 'King Otto and his Classic Kingdom', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 76, no. 468 (October 1854)
(34) 'Turkey and its Population', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 76, no. 469 (November 1854).
(35) 'The Euthanasia of the Ottoman Empire', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 89, no. 547 (May 1861).
(sheet loose)
(36) Spectator, 8 November 1856. Letter to the Editor, Athens, 28 October 1856, signed George Finlay, headed 'Justice to Greece' answering a letter 'Two Sides to a Greek Story' by Phil-Alethes (pasted up here), Athens, 27 September 1856.
(37) Spectator, letter headed 'Greece', signed George Finlay, dated Athens 29 December 1856, commenting on observation made in the Spectator, 13 December 1856, and stressing need for supremacy oflaw in Greece. p. 216 [+handwritten draft of letter from George Finlay (loose) to Editor of the Spectator].
(38) Evening Star, London, 8 January 1858, 'The Future Government of India', unsigned, Athens, 19 December 1857.
(39) Saturday Review, 3 May 1862, unsigned, 'The State of Greece', 8 ['sent 25 April 1862' in George Finlay's hand].
(40) Athenaeum, 17 May 1862, 'Discoveries at Athens', dated Athens, 25 April 1862, signed George Finlay.
(41) Note in George Finlay's hand 'There is an account of the revolution of the 22nd Octr 1862 which dethroned King Otto written by me in the Saturday Review of 8 Novr 1862 page 567 and 15 November 1862 page 597. That of 8 Novr is entitled "The Revolution in Greece", that of 15th Novr "Affairs in Greece"'.
(42) Daily News, 6 January 1863, article signed George Finlay 'Obstacles to the Progress of Greece'.
(43) Note in George Finlay's hand 'There is an account of the civil war at Athens on the night of the 30 June and on the 2 July 1863 in the Saturday Review written by me. It is entitled "Civil war in Greece" and is in the Number of 25 July 1863, p. 115'.
(44) 'The Fall of King Otto', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 94, no. 577 (November 1863), [See p. 587, note t, where he lists his earlier articles in Blackwood's.]
(45) December 1863, pp. 1-22, 'The Prospects of George I, King of the Greeks' with loose sheets of corrigenda.
(46) The Times 12 May 1864, 'The Kingdom of Greece' (from our own correspondent), dated Athens, 29 April.
(47) [The Times], 'The Kingdom of Greece' (from our own correspondent) dated Athens 6 May [no date of publication; published 17 May].
(48) 'Greece' (from our own correspondent) dated Athens, 22 September. The Times, 29 September 1864.
(49) [The Times], 'Greece' (from our own correspondent) dated Athens, 13 October 1864 ('October 22' inserted in George Finlay's hand).
(50) Article by E. A. Freeman in the Saturday Review, 29 October 1864 [note in George Finlay's hand], 'The New Greek Constitution'.
(51 ) The Times, 7 December I864, 'The Kingdom of Greece' (from our own correspondent), Athens, 1 December.
(52) The Times, 26 December I864, 'Greece' (from our own correspondent), Athens, 15 December.
(53) Loose cutting from The Times, 5 September 1868
(a) article on Crete and Cretan insurrection
(b) article 'Turkey and Greece' (from a correspondent, with 'G.F.' added in George Finlay's hand) on Cretan revolt and affairs in Greece.
Faded blue cardboard, very worn leather spine, at one end of spine 'Extracts from Newspapers relating to Greece', at other end 'Extracts from Newspapers', bound with some loose material.
Miscellaneous press cuttings (English, French, German, Greek) dating from 1807 to 1863, the majority ranging from 1826 to 1863, some pasted up, others loose, in poor state of preservation being badly rubbed at outer edges. Some additions in George Finlay's hand and some loose handwritten sheets on case of Mr. King, the American missionary.
59 identical engravings of George Finlay, wearing the two medals he was given for his participation in the 1821 Greek War of Independence, stored in a brown folder.
Brown mottle board, leather spine broken, tied with string, bound, paginated pp. 1-102+3 loose photographs (Gambetta, Thiers, and group with George Finlay) ; in poor condition.
Lithographed portraits, scenes, and various miscellaneous items. Items 1-70 were drawn, collected, and (probably) described by Lieut. Krazeisen, 1st Lieut. in the King's Regiment of Bavaria.
Εἰσητήριον διὰ τὸ ἀκπροατήριον τῆς Ἐθνοσυνελεύσεως
(Athens 8 November 1843) Amélie, Reine de la Grèce
Otho King of Greece, Ὄθων Βασιλεὺς τῆς Ἑλλάδος
Theodore Colocotroni
Colocotroni
MS letter of J. Tombasi (Poros, 2 March 1828, in Greek, loose)
Giacomachi Tombasi
Thomas Gordon
Das Fort Palamydes mit einem Teil von Napoli di Romania
Nikitas
G. Conduriotis
Das Hafen Fort Bourdzi Bey Napoli di Romania
A. Mavrocordato (with signature and visiting card)
Makrijannis
Nicodemos
Aegina
Andreas Miaulis: (with loose visiting card)
Autograph of Petros Mavromichalis
G. Mavromichalis
Bailly
Beschiessung des Klosters St. Spiridione am Piraeus
MS letter of K. Kanaris to George Finlay (Athens 23 May 1861) (in Greek)
Kanaris (photograph) : note of George Finlay to Soteriades (loose)
Canaris
G. Sissini
A. Schilcher
Ein Kapitan mit seinen Pallikaren im Gefechte
Karl van Heideck
(Col.) Fabvier
MS letter of K. Tzavellas to George Finlay (11 October 1843)
Kizzo Tzavellas
Die Fregatte Hellas und das Dampschiff
Karteria
Karaskaïkis
Zaïmis
I. Milaitis
Die Acropolis van Athen
Short notes on portraits and scenes (in French and German) by Lieut. Krazeisen
Map of the surroundings of Athens (positions of Greek and Turkish forces 6 February-6 May 1827)
Miscellanea :
Small print of Lord Byron's monument in Hucknell Church near Newstead Abbey
Hastings (photograph of bust)
Clifford ( ,, ,, ,, )
Lithograph of I. Venthulos
(? Clephts) from Kossovo recognised by an Albanian Bey from Ochrida (A.J.B.W.) (in colour)
Dance (in colour)
A. Miaulis (photograph of bust)
Monasteriotes ( ,, ,, ,,)
Lord Byron
George Finlay (as a young man)
P. Mavromichalis
Street scene in Joannina (in colour)
Roza de Bozaris (demoiselle d'honneur de S.M. la Reine de Grèce)
Printed copy of Discourse, pronounced by Lieut. Col. A. H. Touret at the Funeral of C. Colocotronis (in French)
A. H. Touret (Philhellène français, Lieut. Col., with signature)
MS letter of Ephorate of Athens Archaeological Society to George Finlay (27 March 1861) thanking him for antiquities presented to the Society's museum (in Greek)
George Finlay (as a young man; with coat of arms)
Cutting from the Illustrated London News of 29 April 1854 (archaeological)
Cutting from the Illustrated London News of 10 November 1855
Cutting from the Illustrated London News of 14 February 1857
Cutting from the Illustrated London News of 14 February 1857
Cutting from the Illustrated London News of 16 February 1856
Document no. 6281 from the Military Governor of the Capital to the Nomarch of Attica and Boeotia by hand of George Finlay (Athens 7 April 1844) (loose; in Greek)
(missing)
(missing)
Water-colour of Pallikari
(In the back (loose) are 3 photographs: Group photo with George Finlay (undated), M. Thiers (1873), and Gambetta (1873))
Two portrait photographs of George Finlay later in life
Red mottle notebook, handwritten, paginated, pp. 1-47+ 1-3. 17 June 1859 left Athens for Marseilles.
Account of expenditure at Vichy 25 June-4 August, thence to Switzerland until 23 September 1859. Then return to Athens via Lyons and Marseilles arriving 6 October 1859.
1860 Expenses of residence at Kephissia 9 March 1860-3 November 1860.
T. P. Konstantinides, "Τὸ Ἀρχεῖον Ἄστιγγος παρὰ τῇ ἐν Ἀθήναις Ἀγγλικῇ Ἀρχαιολογικῇ Σχολῇ", Ναυτικὴ Ἐπιθεώρησις, pt. 216 (1949), offprint (in Greek).
Long black circular tin case. Black tin case containing diploma conferring LL.D. Edinburgh on George Finlay 6 May 1854. In the cap of the cylinder is a red seal, that has subsequently broken into fragments. Around the edges of the seal reads "sigillum com.universit.edinb.sive coll.jac.vi.scot.reg". The diploma has blue ribbon attached to the bottom of it, part of which has torn off.
Grey board, black leather spine, 'COLLECTIO' on spine, 'COLLECTANEA GRAECA' on front cover, unpaginated, bound.
Greek inscriptions. Some letters pasted in. A few loose sheets and cuttings. Also a loose letter from George Finlay to ?, South Lawn Southport, 16 Jul 1857. See also FIN/GF/E/30 (6), p. 162.
Faded black cloth, bound, handwritten, '1868 Journal and accounts' (in George Finlay's hand) pasted on spine, paginated by George Finlay pp. 1-202.
Contents listed by George Finlay thus:
Journal: visit to Switzerland 4 April to 28 October 1868
Memoranda
Extracts
Expenses of Journey Summary [of expenses]
Clothes purchases
Letters written [July, August, September 1868; copied into Letter Book]
Addresses
Green cloth, 'Journal 1869' pasted on spine, paginated in part by George Finlay pp. 1-93, handwritten, bound. Includes loose and pasted newspaper clippings.
Contents:
(1) Journey from Athens to Switzerland and back, 9 July 1869-6 October 1869 (pp. 1-48, each side paginated).
(2) Notes (pp. 49-80).
Letters written 10 July 1869-30 September 1869 (list of names with occasional note of contents).
(3) Expenses of the visit detailed with some jottings after p. 93 and not paginated (pp. 81-93 and thereafter unpaginated) .
Brown mottle, dark-brown calf spine, 'Journal' pasted on spine, hand-written, usually one side only, pp. 1-188, bound.
Journal, 27 May 1850-29 June 1868. Portrait of George Finlay inside the front flyleaf. Contents listed by George Finlay on pp. 1-2 as follows:
Memoranda during a tour to Thessalonika, Constantinople, Brusa, Nicrea, Nicomedia, Sinope, Trebizond and Samsoun (Amisos) in 1850
Itinerary of a visit to England to see the Great exposition by way of Germany and return to Athens by Italy 1851
Visit to Rhodes, Kos, Samos and Chios in the spring of 1853
Correspondence concerning the loss of my passport [with F. Ivich, Director of Austrian Lloyds, Piraes, 23 June and 6 July 1853; Director of Trieste police, 6 July 1853; Editor of The Times, 7 July 1853]
Visit to England in 1854
Visit to Andros in 1858
Excursion to Stelidha, Amaliapolis, Volo, Skiathos and Skopelos in 1858
Visit to Vichy June 17 1859
Tour in Switzerland August
Summer at Cephisia 1860, at Lamira in Andros 1861
Observations on civil war in N. America
Notes concerning disturbances at Athens which commenced 30 June 1863
Mottle board, spine and corners black calf, gilt lettering on spine 'CATALOGUE', bound, unpaginated, handwritten.
(1) Lists of engraved gems and date and place of purchase [pp. 1-2].
(2) Inscriptions [pp. 3-27].
(3) At end of book lists [pp. 1-4]
(i) watches
(ii) old silver plate 1829
(iii) household furniture, plate, etc. purchased 1832
(iv) April 1842, fossil bones, antiquities, and newspapers.
Hastings to Sir Home Popham. n.d. Incomplete draft.
Hastings to Sir Home Popham. n.d. Incomplete draft.
Hastings to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Port Royal, 24 June 1819. Gives full account of the incident and reasons for his conduct.
Sir Home Popham to H. 27 June 1819. Reproves H.
Hastings to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 16 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, 7 September 1819.
Announces his arrival in England and gives full account of the incident at Port Royal.
Hastings to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 16 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, 7 September 1819.
Announces his arrival in England and gives full account of the incident at Port Royal.
J. W. Croker to Hastings. Admiralty Office, 9 September 1819.
Acknowledges H's statement; announces his removal from the List of Officers of H.M.'s Navy.
Hastings to the Rt. Hon. Viscount Melville. 16 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, 10 September 1819.
Offers an explanation of the incident.
Hastings to his father General Sir Charles Hastings, Bt. 16 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, n.d.
Offers an explanation of the incident. (unfinished).
Hastings to [? Lord Melville]. n.d. Offers an explanation of the incident. (unfinished).
Lord Melville to General Sir Charles Hastings, Bt. Grieff, 26 September 1819.
Can give no kind of assurance re possibility of his son's restoration to the naval service.
Hastings to Lord Melville. n.d.
Draft of an explanatory letter.
Hastings to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. n.d. Draft of an explanatory letter. 8 pp.
Hastings to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Part of draft letter. 3 pp.
Hastings to Rear-Admiral Sir Home Popham. Willesley Hall, Atherstone, 16 February 1820.
Gratitude for Popham's assistance. 1p.
Testimonial to Hasting's character from the Captain of the Malabar. 19 September 1819. 1 p.
Hastings to Lord Melville. Thompson's Hotel, Hobbes Street, Cavendish Square, 20 January 1821.
Gratitude for his assistance; encloses memorandum and certificate ( ? no. 27 above). p.
B. Bloomfield to Sir Charles Hastings, Bt. The Pavilion. 6 April 1821.
Rejoices in 'the satisfactory decision upon the case of your son'.
Loose papers mainly relating to the Kangaroo incident at Jamaica in consequence of which Hastings left the Navy. Former enclosure.
Lord Melville to General Sir Charles Hastings, Bt. Melville Castle, Edinburgh, 19 August 1819.
Acknowledges letter of the 12 August; has had official report re the challenge sent to the Captain of the Flagship.