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.

George Finlay to Librarian of Oxford Debating Society on order of Mr. Newton of B.M. n.d. [in or after 1862 ?]. Asking for payment (if the Union is solvent) of subscription to the newspaper Elpis which he took out on its behalf at request of Mr. Newton. Money to be sent to George Finlay c/o T. Cooke, Rusholme Hall, near Manchester.

George Finlay to Baron Rouen, Ministre plénipotentiaire de France en Grèce. n.d. [?1852]. George Finlay thanks R for his good offices in matter of book lent several years ago to M. le Marquis de Boisguilbert. Thinking this was lost B had sent George Finlay the cost of a replacement, and George Finlay therefore returns present copy (2 copies of draft in French).

Handwritten, notebook, pp. 1-48, the rest unpaginated [S. g. 6]. Byzantine notes by George Finlay 'Byzantine Greece: a historical view of the condition of the Greek nation under the government of the Byzantine emperors A.D. 717-1453'; some loose jottings.

Brown mottle with brown calf spine, gilt lettering on spine 'Chronology of Greek Revolution', handwritten, paginated by George Finlay, bound, with loose sheets and letter. Contents listed by George Finlay:
'Chronology of the Greek Revolution in which the dates are inserted as far as possible from the best authorities following the authority of persons present when such testimony is obtainable', pp. 1-241.
Bibliography of the Greek Revolution, pp. 242-53+a loose sheet p. 230, inserted between p. 241 and p. 242.
Loose papers at back are listed below.
Letter of George Finlay to Alick [Finlay]. n.d., inserted at October 1862. Rough draft of letter on revolts in Greece (unfinished) br> Newspaper AYΓH, 13 June 1862.
Death notice for Helene Leutwein, 1861.
Death notice for Sir Thomas Wyse, 1862.
List of Greek newspapers.
Note on Greek state budget.
Notes on Mills' History of the Crusades.
King's printed response to first constitutional draft voted by national assembly, 31 October 1864. Loose in FIN/GF/08 Timeline of the Crusades.
Historical note on medieval France.
Note on the French revolutionary months with their names.
List of cabinet members for Spain and France.
Population of Turkey.
Notes on the Ionian islands.
Note on Orlov revolt.
Death notice of Kuriakos Pittakis, 1863.
Budget of economic administration of the state, January 1833 - December 1843.

G. Finlay, Letter to the Athenians 1844' printed (in Greek), Athens, 1844, with MS. translation in English.

The collection contains John Finlay, Frank Hastings and George Jarvis’ personal papers as well as those of George Finlay, although George Finlay’s papers form the bulk of the collection.

The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, commonplace books, catalogues of books, journals, drafts of Finlay’s History of the Greece, a sketchbook, log books, commonplace books and account books. Many of the letters are pasted or copied by Finlay into letter books. These records give an overview of the Greek War of Independence and especially the role of the British philhellenes, as well as many of Finlay's other interests, such as Classical and Byzantine history, natural history and politics. Finlay had a wide range of correspondents, both Greek and British.

The collection also contains the personal papers of Frank Abney Hastings, with Hastings' naval involvement in Greece heavily represented.

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.

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))

'Cairo to Jerusalem. Jerusalem to Dead Sea and Beyrout', unpaginated, 136 pp.+ some loose.

Memoranda of visits to the Wadi Tomlah and Canal of Suez and to the Fyoum [sic] and Lake Moeris [sic]', January, February 1846, pp. 1-12 and pp. 11 [Fayoum visit]. Loose pages at the end regarding a trip between Smyrna, Cairo and Alexandria in October 1845 as well as 2 pages (undated but possibly 1840) which appear to be written at a separate time and contain notes on Mr D.J. Mc Cauley American Consul at Tripoli which discuss the slave trade from Benghazi which includes Greek vessels which take slaves to Scios (Chios) and Smyrna.

'Memoranda' [random lists of travel requirements and notes on Egypt and Palestine+relevant bibliography] as well as notes on Syria

'Egypt. The social and political conditions of its inhabitants', pp. 1-41 + pp. 1-4 on the pyramids.

'Topography of Jerusalem', unpaginated, 46 pp.+some blanks; this also contains historical notes on Jerusalem and a hand drawn plan of the city

Resources of Syria'. Notes and observations and George Finlay's comments, unpaginated, 16 pp.

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.

Red leather, 'Letters' pasted on spine, bound, unpaginated +5 loose sheets: handwritten, printed cuttings giving postal rates pasted in, bound.
Letter Book 27 January 1850-27 December 1866.
List of letters dispatched by George Finlay with occasional brief note of contents (only drafts noted here).
Meteorological notes 2 December 1827-23 June 1869.

(1) George Finlay to Printer of Medieval Greece and Trebizond. Athens, [20 February 1851]. Instructions re printing of work.
(2) George Finlay to Messrs. Blackwood and Sons. Athens, 20 February 1851.
Wishes to keep cost of Medieval Greece and Trebizond to not more than 12s.
(3) George Finlay to G. Muir, 247 Strada Reale, Booking and Superintending Agent to H.M. Packets in the Mediterranean, Malta. 8 February 1851.
Re dispatch and payment for MSS. and books sent to James MacGregor.
(4) George Finlay to John Grant Esq., or Messrs. Peter Stuart and Co., Malta. Athens, 28 Feb­ ruary 1851.
Re dispatch of manuscripts and books to England.
(5) George Finlay to Messrs. Blackwood and Sons. 28 February 1851.
Re dispatch of MS. of Medieval Greece and Trebizond via Malta. Desires speedy publication.
(6) George Finlay to A. Maresecq, Paris. Athens, 22 February 1851. Refusal to pay sum demanded (in French).
(7) George Finlay to the Revd. R. Cattermole, Secretary of the Royal Society of Literature. Athens, 22 March 1851.
Expresses gratitude for his election as Honorary Member of the R.S. of Literature.
(8) George Finlay to Lord Palmerston, 4 Gloucester Square. 24 July 1851.
Expresses gratitude for P's support in his attempt to obtain justice from King of Greece.
(9) George Finlay to Clark. Athens, 27 September 1861.
Re terms of admission of English printed papers into Greece (loose).
(10) George Finlay to the Revd. G. Phillips, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, President of Queens' College. Athens, 17 May 1862.
Expresses gratitude for the honorary degree of LL.D. conferred by University; regrets impossibility of receiving this in person.

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.

Brown mottle, leather spine and corners, bound, handwritten, paginated pp. 1-258+2 sheets inserted and unpaginated.
George Finlay's entry on front flysheet:
'Catalogue of Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval and English coins with some Byzantine Seals and a few Modern Medals, in the possession of George Finlay. Athens, 1864.'
Some loose sheets. A number of detailed notes including Byzantine series+some red ink notes [? sold or donated, e.g. to British Museum]+a few notes on Antiquities (pp. 225-58+4 sides inserted).
Loose sheets with notes on objects purchased by George Finlay.
List of antiquities in the British School at Athens museum

Athens, 31 July 1841. Failure of Cretan insurrection. Criticism of pro-Turk conduct of 'Ponsonby Pasha'. English and French ships assist Cretans to emigrate. Deterioration in Greek political situation; rapacity of Bavarian officials. Civil war or formation of national assembly imminent.

Athens, 27 August 1841. Reasons for failure of Cretan insurrection. Criticism of Mavrocordatos as minister; prevalent anarchy; court and constitutionalists. Story of Mavrocordatos's resignation. French influence in new ministry.

Athens, 19 March 1841. Recall of Mavrocordatos as Foreign Secretary. Unfortunate return of Tricoupi to London. Otho's machinations do not deceive Sir Edmund Lyons (unfinished).

Athens, 5 April 1841. Draws L's attention to Cretan cause; details of Cretan problem. Tricoupi's apparent volte-face; essential changes avoided. Need for Greek and not a European constitution with representative assembly. 'The Greeks may be rogues but they are not fools, the Germans in Greece have been both.'

Athens, 23 April 1837. Thanks for offering to read or publish George Finlay's communication through the Royal Society of Literature. Corrigenda to his notes on topography and inscriptions. Further itineraries in Attica. Tumulus on his property near Aphidna. Hopes to form society like that of Institute at Rome. Appends copies of inscriptions found in Messogeia. With note by Joan Hussey.

Athens, 31 July 1839. Criticism of Otho; constitutional party persecuted by faked attacks on their property; George Finlay has suffered. Ross sends copies of his publication. Forchhammer is here but has 'a fit of Bavarianism'. Scandalous episode when three of Otho's ministers were said to have signed a certificate in 1835 declaring King incapable of governing. This smoothed over but Otho will have to go. George Finlay's historical work moves slowly.

Athens, 30 September 1839. Criticism of difficult postal communications. Encloses French map of most of Attica (incomplete by reason of German 'shabbiness'). Suggests English architect Pennethorne may give Leake levelling and elevation of all buildings on Acropolis. King's fall imminent. Gropius's views on this. Scandalous attitude of Bavarians to building of University by subscription. Generosity of Greeks in Egypt. Otho refuses to subscribe, also his father. Count Saporta sends 14 drachmae which is returned with note saying that it would not cover expenses of inscribing his name and titles on the marble tablet of donors. Deliberate damage to George Finlay's acorn-crop (valonia).

Athens, 22 July 1841. Gratitude for L's efforts on behalf of Cretan cause. Support in Greece but avarice of Hydriot ship owners. Lord Ponsonby's absurd attitude (influenced by Urquhart). Mavrocordatos on the road to ruin. Includes clipping on news in Crete.

George Finlay's note on coats of arms (loose in J. A. C. B., Chroniques étrangères . . ., vol. III Paris, 1840).

Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine: 'Prehistoric Archaeology I', printed pamphlets bound in with cuttings PP. 1-68+loose quire.
1. Loose press cuttings, handwritten lists, and notes and letters from
T. von Heldreich to George Finlay dated 17 November 1871 on the collection and draw­ings of stone implements of J. Guido von Gonzenbach of Smyrna (in French, loose, inserted at p. 4). Each 1 p.
2. Nine printed pamphlets on archaeological subjects.
3. Cuttings, pasted up by George Finlay.
4. Letters (4.3)-(4.7) pasted up:
(4.3) F. Keller to George Finlay. Antiquarische Gesellschaft, Zürich, n.d. (inserted with 1869 material).
High level of Swiss lakes caused by rains prevents research on pile dwelling. Political and religious problems of Switzerland. Unfortunate condition of Greece (in German; pasted in at p. 20). 6 pp.
(4.4) F. Keller to George Finlay. Antiquarische Gesellschaft, Zürich, 19 June 1869.
Thanks for copies of George Finlay's pamphlet. Progress of own work (in German; pasted in at p. 20). 4 pp.
(4.5) F. Keller to George Finlay. Antiquarische Gesellschaft, Zürich, 13 August 1869.
Re sale of suspicious Greek coins and vases by a Greek dealer in Switzerland. Meeting with Clark. Recent publications (in German; pasted in at p. 20). 4 pp.
(4.6) F. Imhoof-Blumer to George Finlay. 18 September 1868.
Re dispatch of antique jewellery purchased by George Finlay (in French; pasted in at p. 22). 2 pp.
(4.7) C. Bursian to George Finlay. n.d.
To introduce the archaeologist Dr. H. Heydemann who plans to visit Athens (in German, pasted in at p. 22). 1 p.
(4.8) Misc loose items: press cuttings, calling cards, note by Hussey (found in p22)
5. Loose cuttings and notes. Arranged alphabetically and indexed by George Finlay as follows:
CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME
Outlines of about 30 specimens of stone implements in the collection of Mr. J. Guido von Gonzenbach of Smyrna. In November 1871 the collection consisted of 118 pieces . . .
Earliest use of the word Ἀστροπελεκι by Anna Comnena . .
. On the worked flints of Pressigny le Grand, by John Evans Esq. On some discoveries of stone implements in Lough Neagh
Alt-helvetische Waffen und Geräthschaften beschrieben von Dr. F. Keller
Ausgrabungen auf dem Uetliberg von Ferdinand Keller
Mittheilungen der Antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zürich (Mosaikbild von Orbe)
Mittheilungen La Bataille de Granson par Frédéric Du Bois
Παρατηρήσεις ἐπὶ τῆς ἐν Ἐλβετίᾳ καὶ Ἑλλάδι προϊστορικῆς Άρχαιολογίας ὑπò Γεωργíου Φíνλαϋ
Objects found in Greece in the collection of George Finlay
On the analogous forms of Implements among early and primitive races by Hodder M. Westropp Esq. F.A.S.L.
Bronze Etruscan Celts natural size from Mr. Westropp's collection
On the Myrrhine Vases of the Ancients by Hodder M. Westropp Esq.
Plate of relics from Swiss lake dwellings
Letters from Dr. F. Keller with drawings of circular marks on stones Extracts-Stone age in Egypt
Lubbock's Prehistoric Times
King, Precious stones and antique gems Hardness of stones
Review of Darwin On the descent of Man from The Times Extracts from Newspapers
Bronze sword with ivory handle in the collection of Robert Day Jun. Stone implements in Cuba
Border tumuli and Antiquities in Argyleshire The British Association August 7, 1872 Fergusson's Rude Stone Monuments

Athens, 16 December 1836. Itineraries in Attica with topographical and archaeological details: plain of Messogeia to Marathon-Liossia-Oropos, and from Kalamos to Liossia-Decelia-Athens. Possible site of temple of Artemis; Amphiareion; inscriptions; Byzantine and post-Byzantine churches; on the ancient demes (Halimus, Aghios Cosmas, etc.). Notes temple on the hill called Pani above Trachones.

Note on misleading nature of Sir Edmund Lyons's eulogy of Armansperg's administration in Additional Papers relating to the third instalment of the Greek loan presented to Parliament, August 1836, p. 37.

Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings including biography of Sir Edmund Lyons.

Athens, 20 April 1835. Ross's archaeological activity. Inscriptions found in and near George Finlay's house. Government building in Athens. Col. Gordon is to draw plan of Athens. The Cephissos and the system of irrigation round Athens. George Finlay's views on battle of Marathon and on temple of Egina. Legend of cavern near Kiapha in Morea.

Athens, 26 September 1836. Will attempt to visit Diacria and send itinerary to Oropos and description of plain of Messogeia. Site of Amphiareion and inscription found by George Finlay at Karala. George Finlay seldom visits property at Liossia; unfair taxation on oak-trees and oppression of purchasers of Turkish estates. Folly of failing to use what is in Greece. George Finlay a conservative in Greece. Antiquities suffer same fate as politics. Ross's resignation because he was refused permission to communicate inscriptions before they were published in Athens. No information available on Pittakis's inscriptions; his integrity questioned. George Finlay intends to write history of modern Greece.

28 November 1835. Memorandum (sent by courtesy of Sir Edmund Lyons) on George Finlay's itinerary: Loidoriki to Navpactos and Vrachori to Karpenisi. Reference to monastery of Broussa, to list of mountains, and to inscriptions in mosque at Patradjic and Aghios Nikolaos (with copy of inscriptions).

Athens, 28 November 1835. Has sent geographical notes on Aetolia by courtesy of Sir Edmund Lyons. Conjectures whether Vardousi or Ghiona could be identified as Korax. Visit planned to Artotina, Thermos, etc. Gordon winters in Morea and has been succeeded by Pisa. George Finlay cannot visit Acarnania as volunteer as philhellenes are in disrepute and regarded as raving republicans. Armansperg and Frey know nothing of Greek people. Land not cultivated. Essential to establish local government (with sketch map of mountains). With a later note asking if this isn't FIN/GF/B/7/7 displaced in the 'repairing.'

Athens, 18 July 1836. Sends a plan of Hieron of Juno [Temple of Hera] near Mycenae made by Robertson, General Gordon's secretary. Armansperg's plans for reorganizing army. His use of frontier klefts as captains; they now shake hands with A, an honour George Finlay never had, though a major, 'which is not my fault as I have twice sent my resignation which the king will not accept'. Increased taxes and discontented peasantry.

n.d. [1844]. The national assembly. Otho's policy since revolution. George Finlay ridicules Otho, Germans, and Austrians for accepting Fallmerayer's theory ('this balderdash'). Otho's reception of deputies; his only remark 'Has it rained in your provinces?'.

17 foolscap sheets, paginated, pp. 1-16. Presented by W. Miller in 1927.
Handwritten copy of correspondence in Liverpool Mail 21 July 1849, vol. 20, no. 1319, 'My Jotting Book. Sketches from Greece' by Tabakraucher [George Finlay].
[This covers a journey from Smyrna to Greece, the condition of Athens, criticism of Elgin's 'robbery' and of the Bavarians.]

Two quarto typewritten obituary notices of George Finlay from The Times, 2 February and 8 February 1875. 2 pp; 3 pp

Loidoriki, 23 July 1835. Took part in General Gordon's expedition against klefts of northern Aetolia and sends notes on itinerary-Chalcis to Martini via the coast, with geographical, topographical, and archaeological details. Copies of inscriptions. Incompetence of the Germans. Caustic criticism of Armansperg; all civil affairs in provinces are in confusion.

Athens, 8 June 1841. Appreciation of L's support for Cretans. Present situation in Crete. English intervention essential.

Athens, 20 October [1847]. This is a first draft of 25 and has been wrongly dated '1844'. It mentions L's Thoughts on the Degradation of Science in England, 1847, and his Peloponnesiaca, 1846.

20 October 1847. Arrival of Middleton; his observations on inscriptions of Mavrodhilissi and site of Amphiaireion; difficulty of visiting this because of bandits in the area 'where I am a landed proprietor'. British policy in Greece even worse since 1843. Defects of constitution of Greece, especially representative chamber and senate. Palmerston's unfortunate policy. Progress of university library; England has done little. Establishment of the French Archaeological School at Athens. Regrets L's Peloponnesiaca has not yet reached him, probably owing to his dispute with the British Consul Green. Is working on Basil II Bulgaroctonus. Penrose's discoveries. Need for scholars to have personal knowledge of Greece; Grote's neglect in this respect.

Athens, 19 June 1848. Bandits near Liossia prevent George Finlay's visit to Mavrodhilissi to copy inscriptions for L. Sends copy of vase-handles; comments on arrowheads found in Cyclades. Approval of Stratford Canning's visit and criticism of Lyons. Failure of British policy in Greece.

Athens, 6 August 1848. Gratitude for L's Peloponnesiaca. Criticism of Consul Green's conduct in connection with bank. Is sending L Sanscrit, translated into Greek. Criticism of Palmerston. Stratford Canning's break with Lyons during his visit to Athens.

Athens, 27 February 1849. Agrees with L on site of Amphiareion. Activity of bandits in Attica. Recall of Lyons and his reactionary and unpopular diplomacy. Comments on Greek political situation and unfortunate state of English consulates in Greece. Criticism of Grote's History; his failure to visit Greece. Wishes to dedicate his History of Greece under the Romans to L. Asks for information on value of Byzantine money.