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Unbound notes and papers. Notres on Byzantine Greece, Saracen conquests, Ottoman empire, blindness of Belisarius.
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.
Large quarto, 'carbon' copy, pp. 1-6 [S. 9. 7]. 'Appendix I. Note on the blindness of Belisarius.'
Large quarto, 'carbon' copy in George Finlay's hand, pp. 96-134+4 unpaginated sheets. [R. 8. 17]. 'The history of conquests of the Saracens.' Six lectures delivered before the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution by Edward A. Freeman.
Large quarto, 'carbon' copy in George Finlay's hand, unpaginated. 'Observations on the ancient history of the Turkish nation and on the earliest political institutions of the Ottoman empire.'
Brown mottle, cloth spine and corners, paginated pp. 1-89, mostly news paper cuttings pasted up, with 2 reviews of George Finlay's work (Fraser's Magazine, vol. 30, Oct. 1844, and The Scotsman, 25 June 1850) and 2 letters (L. Sgouta, 18 April 1863 and Cornelius Conway Felton, n.d.) loose, not in his Index, bound.
Listed by George Finlay on p. iii thus:
Reviews of and Observations on the writings of George Finlay.
Portraits of George Finlay aged 43 and 60.
Greece under the Romans published in 1843, 2nd ed. 1857
Blackwood's Magazine Oct 1844 by Thomas De Quincey, author of the confessions of an english opium eater
The North American Review Jan 1846 by Professor Cornelius Conway Felton LL.D. Notice of President Cornelius Conway Felton by Herman J. Warner of Boston 1862
Medieval Greece and Trebizond published in 1851
The Spectator July 26 1851
Britannia Aug. 16 and 23 1851
Athenaeum Aug. 23 1851
Edinburgh Advertiser Aug. 29 1851
Guardian Nov. 19 1851 and in Morning Chronicle
Allgemeine Zeitung 1851 by Dr Fallmerayer
History of the Byzantine empire, l. vol. 1st ed. 1852 2nd ed. 1856, II. vol. 1854
The Standard May 28 1853
Globe May 28 1853
Scotsman June 25 1853
Leader Sept. 9 1854
The Rambler New series No. IX September 1854
The North British Review No. XLIV Feb. 1855 by E. A. Freeman
Greece under Othoman and Venetian domination 1856
The Athenaeum May 24, 1856
Press May 31, 1856
The Leader May 31, 1856
Guardian June 18, 1856
The Saturday Review June 28, 1856
Critic July 1 and 15, 1856
Spectator July 19, 1856
The History of the Greek Revolution 2 vol. 1861
The Athenaeum Decr 14,1861
Glasgow Citizen Decr 21, 1861
Press Decr 21, 1861
Daily News Decr 26, 1861
Spectator Decr 28, 1861
Critic Dec 28, 1861
Guardian Feb 5, 1862
Examiner Jan 4, 1862
Bells Weekly Messenger Jan 25, 1862
Albion (Liverpool) Jan 23, 1862
Kolnische Zeitung February 25, 1862
The Saturday Review March 1 1862
The Edinburgh Evening Courant March 1, 1862
The Anglo Hellenic Witness Jany 1862 by Edward Masson
The Christian Examiner Boston Massachussets May 1862
Art VII. The Greeks by Herman J. Warner Esq.
The London Quarterly Review No. XXXIX April 1863
Art VI. Greece and the Greeks
The Edinburgh Review No. 240, Vol. CXVI April 1863
Art X. p. 590. The Greek Revolution
The Christian Remembrancer Vol. XLVIII No. CXXV July 1864. Art. VIII.
Finlay's Greek Revolution
'H IIaveM71viK l:71µa{a, 8 'lovvlov 1865
Finlay's history of the Greek Revolution
The National Review Jany 1864 Mediaeval and Modern Greece (pencilled commentary of Finlay)
On the site of the Holy Sepulchre Pamphlet 1847
The Classical Museum No. XVII, October 1847.
Notices of recent publications
Extract from Revue des deux mondes 1 Juillet 1865
Extract from Neue Fragmente aus dem Orient von Dr Jacob P. Fallmerayer
Remarks on the topography of Oropia and Diacria with a map. Pamphlet. Athens 1838
Bulletino dell'lnstituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica No. Vlb Giugno 1839. Opuscolo di Finlay. G. Abeken
North British Review No. XLII August 1854 Art V. Greece under the Macedonian period
North British Review No. XLIV February 1855 Art II. The Byzantine empire-Finlay
NB. These two articles were written by Edward A. Freeman, M.A. late Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, author of History of Federal Government from the foundation of the Achaian League to the disruption of the United States. Volume 1. London· and Cambridge 1863.
Fraser's Magazine No. CCCCI May 1863: A day at Athens by Miss Frances Power Cobbe
Black cloth, bound, lettering on spine 'Greek Revolution 1.', handwritten, paginated pp. 1-219.
George Finlay's MS. draft of his History of the Greek Revolution.
Black cloth, bound, lettering on spine 'Greek Revolution 1821-1843', handwritten, paginated in part only, 406-700 (= part of a 'carbon' copy book of transfer paper).
George Finlay's MS. draft of his History of the Greek Revolution.
Black cloth, bound, lettering on spine 'History of the Greek Revolution Book X 4-5', handwritten, paginated i-ix, 1-424, followed by transfer paper paginated 551-65, 924-36.
George Finlay's MS. draft of his History of the Greek Revolution.
A letter loose at p. 129, in French. Myhrberg to Col. Th. Gordon. Affairs of Piraeus; defeat of Church. [Note by George Finlay on letter: '27 April/9 May 1827. Account of the battle of Cape Colias by a Philhellene who escaped. I think it was written by Myhrberg and addressed to Gordon but cannot recollect how it came into my possession. See Gordon, History, ii. 471'.] 4 pp.
Black cloth, handwritten, bound, gilt lettering on spine 'History of the Greek Revolution. Supplementary chapter 1844-1864', paginated by George Finlay, I-II, 1-209. A supplementary chapter to George Finlay's History of the Greek Revolution, with Appendix. 'Constitution of Greece 1864', pp. 191-209+loose press cuttings from Allgemeine Zeitung,
14 August and 26 August 1855.
Dated (p. 190) Athens, May 1866.
Letter: W. Stuart to George Finlay. 17 March 1872. Re loan of George Finlay's 'Supplementary Chapter' [1844-64]; and the other two volumes of the History of the Greek Revolution (stuck on front flyleaf, 2 pp.).
Paginated, large quarto, handwritten, unbound. Miscellaneous notes
Athens 27 May 1854 Memorandum ('carbon' copy, pp. 1-8).
Carbon' copy entitled 'Brigandage in Greece', pp. 1-4.
Memorandum and Supplementary Chapter on the Government of Otto and Revolution of 1862', 9 loose sheets+pp. 1, 3, 4.
Quarto, unbound, handwritten. Notes on Greek affairs.
Historical Sketches of the Albanians, the Modern Greeks and the Greek Revolution by An Observer.' 'Carbon' copy, paginated by George Finlay i-xx. This appears to be a plan (chapter and section headings) for a work on the Greek Revolution though it is not identical with any of the printed volumes. It also contains (pp. xv-xx) a Preface which does not appear in the printed volumes of 1861.
Observations on the reform of the Greek Ministry of the Marine. Athens 6 February 1855' (pp. 1-14, with notes on pp. 15-17).
Observations on the condition of Greece in 1854', 'carbon' copy (pp. 1-31).
The 'top' copy of (c) but with the author's corrections and amendments (pp. 1-31).
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.
Blue mottle board, faded cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine 'Greek Documents from 1821', bound, unpaginated. This contains documents, notes, and letters all loose. George Finlay never pasted up any of these and they have been placed in a separate green manilla folder 26 X 37 cm
(1) Nikolaos Laspas, Secretary (grammatikos). Ioannina, 29 April 1821.
Circular to Greek captains re Sultan's order (firman) punishing Greek population for revolutionary activities (in Greek). 2 pp.
(2) Patriarch Gregory of Constantinople. 1821.
Excommunicates Michael Soutso and Alexander Ipsilantis and condemns Greek revolution; appreciation of Turkish privileges to Greek population (in Greek). 6 pp.
(3) E. Trelawny to George Finlay. The Cavern of Ulysses, Mount Parnassus, 27 May 1824.
T's arrival at Parnassus with supplies for Odysseus. Criticism of Mavrocordatos and his activities at Mesolonghi. Mention of Fenton, Byron, Gordon, Millingen. 4 pp.
(4) S. G. Howe to George Finlay. 6/18 December 1829.
Discusses mutual plans. Comments on Capodistrias's policy. 3 pp.
(5) E. Trelawny to George Finlay. n.d.
To arrange to meet George Finlay. 1 p.
(6) E. Trelawny to George Finlay. Argos, 1824.
Comments on arrival of Colocotronis and Mavrocordatos. Invites George Finlay to visit Fenton on Parnassus. 2 pp.
(7) Col. Fabvier to Capt. F. A. Hastings. Ambelakia, 23 October 1826. Regrets inability to supply H with men and money (in French). 1 p.
(8) Col. Heideck to F. A. Hastings [1826].
Heideck's project for defence of Athens; need to cut off Turkish supplies from Euboia; Greek control of sea essential (in French). 1 p.
(9) J. C. Hobhouse to F. A. Hastings. London, 12 December 1826.
Promises support. False accusations against members of Greek committee by ex deputies Orlando and Luriotis. Dispatch of assistance to Greece. Cochrane's plans. 4 pp.
(10) Capt. T. Sackville Crosbie. Enterprise, Plymouth Sound, 22 April 1827. Reports on state of his ship Enterprise. 3 pp.
(11) T. Gordon to Capt. F. A. Hastings (of the Karteria). Cairness, 18 November 1827. Appreciation of Hastings's military qualities and activities. Satisfaction at Battle of Navarino. G regrets having left Greece. 3 pp.
(12) Col. T. Gordon to Capt. F. A. Hastings. n.d. Memorandum on Phaleron expedition. 2 pp.
(13) n.d.
Notes (or extracts from a letter) on activities of Odysseus. 1 p.
(14) n.d.
Notes on treacherous activities of Odysseus. 1 p.
(15) Mytica, 30 September 1828 and 4 October 1828. Reports on entrance of Gulf of Preveza. 2 pp.
(16) Odessa, 25/27 October 1828.
'Extracts.' A report on blockade of Varna and position of Russian army. 3 pp.
(17) S. G. Howe to George Finlay. Egina, 4 December 1828.
Topographical and archaeological information on Tomb of Agamemnon at Mycenae and other Mycenaean ruins in Argolis. Political events at Poros; Capodistrias's unfair policy. Comments on Cochrane's retention of Hastings's property. 2 pp.
(18) S. G. Howe to George Finlay. Egina, 5 January 1829.
Offers George Finlay hospitality in Egina until his house there is free; suggestions for improving port of Egina. 3 pp.
(19) J. Hane to George Finlay, Egina. Vaffé, 15/27 March 1829.
Anarchy in Crete and situation of Candia; his acceptance of the Presidency of the Cretan symboulion [in place of Rheineck, who was recalled by the Greek government]. 2 pp.
(20) J. Cartwright to George Finlay. H.M. Rifleman, off Tenedos, 14 June 1829.
Invitation to visit him in Constantinople. Comments on Capodistrias's role in Greek affairs. 4 pp.
(21) K. Kyrouras (?). 14 June 1829.
Description of Turkish attack on Greeks at Anephoriti (?) (in Greek). 2 pp.
(22) (Sent to George Finlay) June 1829.
Instructions given by electors of Corinth to their deputies, said to have been written by Capodistrias (in Greek). 2 pp.
(23) June 1829.
Note by Fridericus Bialloblotzky on German colonists in Greece (in Latin). 1 p.
(24) G. Lee to George Finlay. Argos, 12 August 1829.
c/o J. Cartwright, H.B.M.'s Consul-General, Constantinople.
Details of Greek Assembly and Senate; Capodistrias's salary; new Greek coinage. Personal news of philhellenes. George Finlay's house during his absence. 3 pp.
(25) S. G. Howe to George Finlay, Egina. Isthmos, 10/22 November 1829.
Discusses Greek political situation and Capodistrias. Difficulties of the 'colony'. 4 pp.
(26) S. G. Howe to George Finlay. Isthmos of Corinth, 25 November 1829.
Offers George Finlay superintendency and administration of 'colony' and property at Corinth; optimism re future revenues of estate. [In March 1829 Capodistrias had granted Howe land at the Hexamilion near Corinth, in order to found a settlement for refugee Greeks.] 3 pp.
(27) S. G. Howe to George Finlay, Athens. Isthmos, 14 December 1829.
Account of plundering activities of pallicaria in Roumeli. H's measures to protect colony's estate from irregular troops. 3 pp.
(28) S. G. Howe to George Finlay, Egina. Nauplion, 20 December 1829.
Re affairs of colony; needs priest and schoolmaster; present disorders; public criticism of Capodistrias. 3 pp.
(29) S. G. Howe to George Finlay, Egina. Isthmos, 15 January 1830. Near disaster off Salamis. Activity of pallicaria. 2 pp.
(30) 9 April 1830.
Views of senator Tatzi Manginas on Greek national policy (in Greek). 3 pp.
(31) Nauplion, 10/22 April 1830.
Reply of Greek Senate to Capodistrias's communication re protocol of 3 February 1830 (in Greek). 8 pp.
(32) Clonaris to Col. T. Gordon. Argos, 28 April/4 May 1831.
Political situation in Greece; activities of Maniates; restriction on liberty of press; position of islands; Mavrocordatos at Hydra; Zaimes's submission to Capodistrias (in French). 4 pp.
(33) 10 May 1830.
Congratulations to Prince Leopold from Chiots at Syra (in Greek). 2 pp.
(34) B. Chales, A. Manoussayiannes, and G.Tsouderos to Capt. Perronel, 14 May 1830.
Answer of Cretan chiefs to Perrone! expressing their faith in Cretan cause and decision to fight for liberty (in Greek). 3 pp.
(35) S. G. Howe to George Finlay, Liverpool. Boston, 13June 1831.
Requests information on Greece and 'colony'. Rejoices in Capodistrias's fall. He is now editor of new daily paper in Philadelphia; political situation in the U.S.A. 4 pp.
(36) Athens, 14 May 1854.
Statement of king of Greece confirming Greek neutrality towards Turkey. Sir Thomas Wyse's reply (in French). 1 p.
(37) G. Gropius's memorandum on new monetary system for Greece (in French). 3 pp.
(38) n.d.
Approximate calculation of Greek revenues (in French). 3 pp.
(39) George Finlay's jottings on various offences committed against Greece, 'Greece, July 1831'.
Yellow-brown mottle board, bound, calf spine, 'Middleton and Napier' pasted on spine, paginated, handwritten with printed newspaper-cuttings pasted up but not bound in.
George Finlay's note on front flyleaf.
'These letters were given me by Mr. George Brown of London, a friend of Lord Cochrane, in 1826.
The memorandum of a plan of campaign in the Peloponnesus was written for me by Colonel Charles Napier, C.B. in the quarantine at Ancona the same year.'
Two letters from R. D. Middleton, Master of the Maria:
(1) Account of the Egyptian Expedition against the Morea to 26 September 1824, written from Bodrum, 26 September 1824, to Joseph Lachlan, pp. 1-60.
(2) Egyptian Expedition till 25 November 1824, written from Marmarice 25 November 1824 to Joseph Lachlan, pp. 1-14.
(3) 'On Monembasia as the base of military operations Colonel Napier.' Memorandum, pp. 1-6+map of Peloponnesus and position of troops, pp. 7-8. [Printed in George Finlay, History of the Greek Revolution, vol. 11, pp. 390-2, London, 1861.]
(4) Cutting of printed review of Life . . . of General Sir Charles James Napier by W. Napier, from The Times 8 April and 10 April 1857.
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.
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
Brown mottle board, brown calf spine, gilt lettering on spine 'Hellenic Kingdom', bound, printed, with cuttings and letters.
George Finlay, The Hellenic Kingdom and the Greek Nation (London, 1836), pp. i-vi+1- 115.
Cuttings from Morning Chronicle and other papers on state of Greece pasted up at back, 1839-40.
Extract from 9 April 1828 The Times announcing the death of John Finlay in 1828 (pasted inside front cover).
At end loose:
(1) Letter from A. Contostavlos to George Finlay. Egina, 10 April 1836.
Appreciation of George Finlay's pamphlet on Hellenic Kingdom. Criticism of Regency; German failure to understand Greek traditions. 2 pp.
(2) Letter from T. Ayrton to George Finlay. 17 April 1842.
Appreciation of George Finlay's pamphlet on Greece; comments on Greek affairs and organization of Greece. 4 pp.
(3) Printed extract (pp. 530-47) entitled 'Art. V. The Hellenic Kingdom and the Greek Nation. By John [sic] Finlay Esq. of Lyosha, Honorary Major in the Service of his Majesty the King of Greece'. London, Murray, 1836 ['Honorary . . . Greece' has been pasted over on this copy of the pamphlet].
Brown mottle board, black calf spine, gilt lettering on spine 'Finlay Sur la banque', bound, printed with letters and cuttings.
G. Finlay, Essai sur les principes de Banque appliques a l'état actuel de la Grèce (Athens, 1836), pp. 1-28. Date at end : 'Athènes, le 8 Janvier 1836'.
Letters and cuttings on this subject, pasted in at back of book:
(1) The Admiral Count D. to Gropius. Smyrna, 2/24 February 1836.
Extract of a letter of Count D. approving George Finlay's observations on the setting up of a Bank in Greece (in French ; stuck on back of FIN/GF/E/6). 1 p.
(2) A. Contostavlos to George Finlay. Egina, 28/29 February 1836.
Appreciation of pamphlet re principles of banking with reference to Greece; criticism of German economists' ignorance of Greek affairs (stuck in back of FIN/GF/E/16). 2 pp.
(3) N. K. (?) to George Finlay. Syra, 27 January 1836.
Appreciation of George Finlay's pamphlet on banking; requests its translation into Greek (in French ; stuck in back of FIN/GF/E/16).
Dark-blue mottle board, dark-green leather spine 'Greece 1843' pasted on spine, paginated, pp. 1-183, mostly printed cuttings pasted up.
Greek politics 1843-9 (printed newspaper cuttings) pasted up with a few loose cuttings and some disjointed comments on various historical topics at one end of book.
Drafts of letters on the state of Greece 1841 :
(1) George Finlay to Robinson, Patras. Athens, 26 July 1841.
Relations between King Otho and Mavrocordatos; the position of Melas; criticism of dictatorial policy of Otho (loose). 4 pp.
(2) George Finlay to Sir Edmund Lyons. 1841.
Views re Tricoupis's nomination as Greek Minister in England; comments on Lyons's attitude. 8 pp.
(3) George Finlay to the Editor of Spectator. 27 August 1841.
Appeals for support for civil liberty in Greece; comments on English support of Otho; king's dictatorial conduct; Greek political and administrative anarchy. Measures proposed by George Finlay (unfinished copy ofletter). 6 pp.
(4) George Finlay to Goss. n.d.
Pernicious foreign influence fails to foster genuine interests of Greece, particularly local communal development. Effect of Cretan insurrection. Provincial hatred of Bavarian Government. Otho and Mavrocordatos. Cretan position and need for support. George Finlay's house at Liossia (copy ofletter). 18 pp.
G. Finlay, Letter to the Athenians 1844' printed (in Greek), Athens, 1844, with MS. translation in English.
MS. copy of 'Palmerston's Despatch to Sir Edmund Lyons on the state of Greece in November 1847 with some observations from the Spectator'.
Faded navy cloth boards, on spine 'Papers on Greece M.S.' handwritten, items paginated separately, with some newspaper cuttings pasted up, bound.
Greek Affairs 1856-63.
Except for item 8 these are 'carbon' copies of George Finlay's own articles with place of publication. These are listed by George Finlay as follows:
(1) Memoir addressed by M. Rhangabe minister of Foreign Affairs to the Greek ministers at the European courts describing the progress of im provement in Greece under King Otto's government dated 28 July (10 Augt) 1856.
Printed in Le Moniteur Grec of 21 Decr 1857.
(2) Article from The Times 26 Novr 1856.
(3) Advertisements from The Times of 24 Octr 1856.
(4) Letter addressed by M. Soteropoulos to Mr Haslewood president of the committee of greek Bondholders in the tenths and national lands. 18 (30th) September 1862
(5) Memoir on the municipal institutions and on the causes of the rude condition of agriculture in Greece. Printed in Daily News 6 JanY 1863
(6) Articles indicating the basis of the national institutions of the Greeks which in some form or other ought to be inserted in the constitution
(7) Copies of three articles inserted in Saturday Review
The Revolution in Greece 8 Novr 1862
Affairs of Greece 15 Novr 1862
Civil war in Greece 25 July 1863
(8) Examination of some constitutional questions which have arisen in Greece
[Subdivided thus in the article:
I. Does the constitution of 1844 exist at present as the constitution of Greece, or has it been abolished by the revolution of 1862?
II. Who are the King's ministers?
III. What articles of the constitution require change?
IV. Must the constitutional King of Greece reign and not govern?
August 1863] (9) The Fall of King Otto.
Inserted in Blackwoods Magazine for Novr 1863.
(10) The prospects of George I, King of the Greeks
Brown mottle boards, light paper spine, bound, lettering on spine 'Letters on Greek Affairs 1864' [in fact 1857-64, though mostly 1864], handwritten with some printed material, now paginated continuously pp. 1-498 [George Finlay sometimes paginated items separately].
Letters, Memorandums, and Memoirs on the Affairs of Greece. These are listed by George Finlay as follows, but his list is only a summary and does not give details of all the letters or extracts from letters.
Letters Memorandums & Memoirs on the Affairs of Greece
Letter to John Finlay Esq. dated 17 FebY 1857
Extracts from Letters concerning the Revolution that expelled King Otho from Greece on the 22 October 1862.
Memorandum. Ministerial Crisis 1 JanY 1864
Memorandum. Second unsuccessful attempt of Count Sponneck to form a Ministry 16 FebY 1864
Memorandum. Modification of Bulgares' Ministry 3 March Letter to Alexander Finlay Esq M.P. 8 JanY 1864
Observations relating to the introduction of some stipulations in favour of municipal institutions into the constitution.
Observations on the establishment of a Senate.
Papers relating to the University communicated by Mr Phrearites, Prytanes of the University.
List of the Newspapers published in Greece. 1864
Observations on the reestablishment of a Senate in Greece communicated The Hon E. M. Erskine British Minister at the Court of Athens 14 Sepr 1864
Additional Note 17 Sepr 1864
Two Letters on the State of Greece inserted in the Daily News dated 4 Augt & 11 Augt 1864
Correspondence with 'The Times' [14 letters] On delay in framing the Constitution 18 Augt.
On the leading article in 'The Times' of the 12 Augt and the letter of Plasteras to the King 1 Sepr. Inserted 10 Sepr 1864
Translation of Plasteras' letter
Tenth letter to The Times
On the abolition of the Senate 22 Sepr inserted in The Times 30 Sepr 1864
Two letters to Mowbray Morris Esqr. 22 Sepr & 6 Octr
The attempt to assassinate Koumoundouros. 13 Octr inserted in The Times 22 Octr 1864
Letter on the establishment of a Council of State in Greece addressed to Baron Herbert Austrian Secretary of Legation dated 15 Octr 1864
Commemoration at the University, Administration of Dr Phrearites.
Royal Message to the National Assembly 18 Octr 1864 inserted in The Times 31 Octr 1864
Adoption of the Council of State 22 Octr inserted in The Times 2 Nover 1864
The Royal Message & the Revision of the Constitution 27 Octr Times 5 Novr
Translation of the King's First Message dated 6 (18) Octr.
Reply proposed by Mr Deligeorges. Greek & French
Translation of the Second Royal Message dated 31 Octr (12 Novr) 1864
Letter on the Second Royal Message & project to vote the supplies of 1865 17 Novr
Times 28 Novr 1864
Royal Oath. Dissolution of National Assembly Budget of 1865
1 Decr
Times 10 Decr
Attack on Baron von Schmidthals the Prussian Chargé d'Affaires 15 Decr
Times 26 Decr 1864.
Memorandum concerning an attempt of Count Sponneck to form a new ministry
Athens 9 Devr 1864 Finance memoranda.
Some loose letters and sheets,+1 ticket for the Diplomatic Gallery during the National Convention, and a slip of paper with the autograph of Sir Henry Elliot.
Letters to The Times with some not inserted (see George Finlay's note, p. 271).
(1) George Finlay to Editor of The Times. Athens, 1 January 1864. Encloses an account of ministerial crisis (loose at p. 33). 1 p.
(2) C. M. Cuhine to George Finlay. 19 August n.y.
Re the administration of Miss Topitza's property and Count Sponneck (loose at p. 33). 1p.
(3) C. M. Cuhine to George Finlay. Athens, 6 August 1864.
Thanks for information on ministerial crisis; it will show the Ionian Assembly what awaits it as a substitute for 'British tyranny' (loose at p. 33). 2 pp.
(4) N. Eber to George Finlay. 33 St. James Square, London, 16 April 1864.
Asks George Finlay to write weekly letter to The Times on Greek affairs (loose at p. 173). 3 pp.
(5) George Finlay to Mowbray Morris, Printing House Square, London, E.C. Athens, 29 April 1864.
Agrees to send The Times weekly letters on Greek affairs (loose at p. 173). 2 pp.
(6) George Finlay to General Eber, 33 St. James Square, London. Athens, 29 April 1864.
Re acceptance of offer to become correspondent of The Times. Brief account of Greek political situation (loose at p. 173). 2 pp.
(7) Mowbray Morris to George Finlay. Printing House Square, London, E.C., 25 May 1864. Acknowledges George Finlay's letters; fears readers will be few as attention now focused on America and nearer home on the continent (loose at p. 207). 1 p.
(8) George Finlay to Mowbray Morris. Athens, 2 June 1864. Sends further letter on uncertain state of Greece (incomplete copy, loose at p. 207). 1p.
(9) P. Herbert to George Finlay. 20 October 1864. Thanks for George Finlay's instructive communication (in French, loose at p. 327). 1 p.
Brown mottle boards, light paper spine, bound, lettering on spine 'Letters on Greek Affairs 1865', handwritten, paginated by George Finlay, pp. 1-246+pp. 1-4.
Greek Affairs (mainly 1865)
Letters, notes, and memoranda, listed by George Finlay as follows:
Contents of this Volume
Letter to 'The Times' on Municipal affairs of Greece and state of the government 5 JanY 1865. Inserted 16 JanY 1865
Private letter to Mowbray Morris Esqr 5 JanY 1865
Note to Hon E. M. Erskine minister in Greece 5 JanY 1865. Exaction by Leonidas Bulgares at Liosia
Account of an incident at the reception of the diplomatic body by the King of the Hellenes on Greek New Years day
Proceedings of the irregular police under Leonidas Bulgares. The facts were sent to The Times in a letter dated 19th JanY 1865 inserted 27 JanY
Conference of Prince Julius of Glucksburg and its results. Private to Mowbray Morris Esq. Letter to 'The Times' 3 FebY 1865 inserted 14. FebY
On the reply of the Minister of the Interior to the letter of the 5th JanY. Inserted 16th
Private letter to Mr M. Morris with letter of Ministry of Interior. Copy of french text
Memorandum of an interview with Count Sponneck
Letter to 'The Times'-Anarchy in the Administration and danger of a revolution. 9 March 1865
Modification of the Ministry 15 March 1865
,, Koumoundouros replaces Kanares as president of the Council Letter to 'The Times'. Alarm at Athens-modification of the ministry irregular troops at Aghios Asomatos-proclamation fixing date of elections &c. - - -
Letter to Mr Freeman 16 March 1865
Admonition from Mr Morris and reply 15 March & 30th
Another modification of the ministry-Koumoundouros President of the Council
To The Times. Museum of Antiquities 6th April inserted 15 April 1865
The Times. Decreased revenue & encreased expenditure. 27 April. Inserted 8 May 1865
Article for the Saturday Review. What has been done in Greece since 1862. 4 May 1865 inserted in The Saturday Review 20 May 1865
To The Times 18 May 1865 not inserted. Revival of brigandage-State of political society-Royal power-Functionary class People
Account of a diplomatic incident at Athens 14 May 1865
To The Times 1st June inserted 10 June 3rd. General election list of killed & wounded
To The Times 15 June. King opened chamber-disorder. inserted 27 June
The Times 6 July. Financial Statement, Drainage of lake Copais Railway from Vonitza to Volo
Private letter to M. Morris
4th Series The Times 27 July inserted 5 Agut
Popularity of the King since return from Corfu. Position of Koumoundouros since union of Bulgarists & Othonists. Petition of Bondholders.
The Times 7 Sepr. Financial Statement. Stone period. Excavation at Homeric sites. Private to M. Morris Esqr. Brigandage-Lake Copais-finance.
The Times 19 Octr. inserted 27 Octr. Koumoundouros' measures of retrenchment Ministry of 6th Octr-Postage
The Times 26 Octr-inserted 3 Novr. Murder of Pappa-Spêro of Marathon-Fall of Koumoundouros' ministry-Bulgares invited
The Times 2 Novr inserted 10 Nov. Formation of Deligeorges' ministry
The Times 16 Novr inserted 28 Nov. Formation of Bulgares' ministry-increase of brigandage Private letter to Mr M.M.
The Times 23 Novr inserted 1 Decr. Ministerial changes reviewed since 27 Octr
The Times 30 Novr inserted 8 Decr. Reinstatement of Deligeorges. Political principles of Koumoundouros and Deligeorges-,-affair of Malavasi.
The Times 14 Decr. Ministry of B. Rouphos. Sir T. Wyse's opinion of the Greek govt. Ransom of Ld J.H. &c. inserted 25 Decr
Private letter to Mr. M.M.
Copy of letter from Mr Crowe to Mr Merlin.
Account of the capture of Lord J. Hervey Hon. Henry Strutt and Mr Coore.
The Times 21 Deer inserted Decr 30
Capture of Lord John Hervey & party. inserted 30 Decr
Private letter to Mr M. Morris correcting error in Count Sponneck's place at banquet. To reinit £20 to T.C. and balance to me
The Times 29 Decr inserted 9 JanY 1866. correcting error in letter of 21 cong the National bank & pointing out error in La Grèce of 28th.
Law authorising loan of 15 millions. Statement of Accountant general.
State of Treasury on 31 Oct 1865
A Defence of the Greek Constitution 3rd Augt inserted in Saturday Review
Defects of the Executive government of Greece 31 Augt inserted in Saturday Review
Observations on Count Sponneck's performance of his duty as counsellor of the King of the Hellenes 27 May 1865
Letter to Earl Russell enclosing above
List of Greek ministers to Decr 1865 including a list of Councillors of State.
Letter to 'The Times' 5 JanY 1865 inserted 16 JanY 1865. On the municipal affairs of Greece and the budget of the demos of Keroneleon (?)
Private letter to Mowbray Morris Esq. Note to Erskine 5 JanY
Grey mottle boards, brown linen spine, lettering on spine 'Letters on Greek Affairs 1866', paginated pp. 1-180, mostly handwritten, bound with some loose sheets and letters.
Greek Affairs 1866.
(1) Letters and memoranda covering Greek finances, politics, insurrection in Crete
(2) Copy of printed Greek paper. 2 November 1861.
(3) Bibliographical notes (in Greek).
(4) Letters referring to George Finlay's election to Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg (from Mowbray Morris 4 February 1866; from George Finlay 29 January/ 10 February 1866).
Grey mottle boards, grey paper spine 'Letters on Greek Affairs 1867', paginated, pp. 1-24, and afterwards each item separately, handwritten, bound, with some loose sheets and letters.
Correspondence with The Times on Greek Affairs 1867. Covering insurrection in Crete, relations with Turkey,
Letter (loose, inserted at 12 September 1867) : Mowbray Morris to George Finlay. 6 September 1867.
Grey mottle, grey paper spine with lettering 'Letters on Greek Affairs 1868', handwritten, paginated pp. i-ix, 1-205 (George Finlay's pagination separates The Times, pp. 1-112 and the Saturday Review, pp. 1-66), bound.
Greek Affairs 1868.
Letters mostly to The Times and Saturday Review with some to Mowbray Morris and a number of loose sheets+cuttings and letters. Covering Greek politics, brigandage, relations with Turkey, Ottoman history, Cretan affairs
Light-grey mottle, green paper spine, lettered on spine: 'Letters on Greek Affairs 1869', paginated by George Finlay, bound with some loose quires, letters, and cuttings.
Cuttings cover Greek affairs, Cretan insurrection, brigandage, relations with Turkey.
Letters loose in 'Correspondence for 1869':
(1) Mowbray Morris to George Finlay. 8 January 1869. Critical comments on conference at Paris to examine Turkey's ultimatum (inserted at p. 32). 2 pp.
(2) Mowbray Morris to George Finlay. 4 February 1869. Difficulties in sending copies of newspapers abroad (inserted at p. 54). 2 pp.
(3) Mowbray Morris to George Finlay. London, 19 February 1869. Re missing copies of The Times sent to George Finlay (inserted at p. 54). 2 pp.
(4) Mowbray Morris to George Finlay, Zürich. 22 July 1869. Arrangements for payment of George Finlay's letters; regrets his absence from Athens at this time (inserted at p. 110). 2 pp.
(5) Mowbray Morris to George Finlay. 13 September 1869. Mr. Courtney wishes to meet George Finlay in Switzerland; M regrets that he was not able to visit George Finlay at Seelisberg (inserted at p. 120). 1 p.
(6) Baron A. von Prokesch-Osten to George Finlay. Constantinople, 25 June 1869. Pleasure at seeing Mrs. F.; her youthful appearance. Comments on the independence of Bulgarian Church (in French, loose, inserted at p. 1 of Saturday Review, 'The Bulgarian Question'). 3 pp.
Loose notes, newspaper cuttings and the Levant Herald (24 June 1869) (printed). Printed Greek pamphlet: "Ενθεσις καὶ Νομοσχέδιον. Περὶ νέου φορολογικοῦ συστήματος (speech by Alexander Koumoundouros to the Senate dated 14 February 1860). 50 pp.
Cuttings from The Times, 26 September and 2 October 1872, on 'The Sinai Question'.
Three cuttings from Evening Star 5, 6, 8 January 1858 (8 January contains letter from Freeman on Educational Franchise).
164134
Green cloth, brown calf corners and spine, on spine 'Letters [on Greek Affairs] 1870', handwritten, paginated by George Finlay, pp. 1-188, and then items separately (the whole has now been paginated pp. 1-297), bound,+loose sheets, quires, and letters (some dated 1868 and 1871).
Covers Greek finances, brigandage, Bulgarian history, sepulchral inscriptions of Attica, and various other subjects.
Black cloth, red calf corners and spine, lettering rubbed off, [1871], paginated pp. 1-151, handwritten, bound, with loose quires, cuttings, and notes. Subjects include Delisi murders, Greek politics
Blue folder, grey paper spine, lettering on spine 'Letters on Greek Affairs 1872-74', handwritten quires loose, frayed at edges with some newspaper cuttings, paginated by George Finlay, pp. 1-111, 1-162. Subjects include elections, state of Greece, politics, international relations, Greek monarchy, and other subjects.
Items (loose at front) not listed by George Finlay:
(1) Members of Greek Ministries 1833-66 (printed).
(2) Jottings by George Finlay+cutting of an article on Greece, The Times, 12 July 1872, from 'our own correspondent 29 June 1870'.
(3) Greece 1833-1863-1873. What has been and what might have been. An envelope with a draft of this article and the letter to Mowbray Morris of The Times, originally at p. 126.
(4) Miscellaneous jottings arranged alphabetically. 22 pp.
Green-blue mottle, blue cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine 'Affairs of Greece 1862 to 1864', paginated, pp. 1-142, printed cuttings pasted up, bound with some loose cuttings. Subjects include state of Greece, Greek constitution, public opinion, politics, among others.
Articles from Newspapers relating to the revolution in 1862 that expelled King Otho from Greece.
Letters from Edward A. Freeman to The Daily News from Digamma Sir Drummond Wolf ? to The Times
Correspondence of General Eber the special correspondent of The Times
Blue mottle, faded cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine 'Greek Documents from 1865' [but goes to 1867], printed cuttings pasted up+a few loose cuttings, paginated pp. 1-196. Drafts of some of the articles 'not inserted' may be found in George Finlay's Letters on Greek Affairs, FIN.GF/E/24 ff. Subjects include brigandage, the King, politics, affairs in Crete.
Dark-blue mottle boards, blue cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine 'Affairs in Greece from 1868 to 1870', paginated, pp. 1-188, printed cuttings pasted up, with some loose printed sheets.
George Finlay's correspondence inserted in The Times. Subjects include Cretan insurrection, Greek politics, relations with Turkey, brigands, elections, the Bulgarian question.
Dark-blue mottle board, blue cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine 'Affairs of Greece from 1870' [this in fact goes to 1872], bound, paginated, pp. 1-180, printed cuttings pasted up, with some loose letters and printed sheets.
Subjects include Corinth canal, state of Greece, brigands, international relations, accusation against Frank Noel, among others
Blue-black mottle, faded blue spine, gilt lettering on spine 'Affairs of Greece from 1872' [goes in fact to 1874], bound, paginated, pp. 1-196, printed cuttings pasted up, with some loose cuttings.
This was evidently George Finlay's last scrap-book; it remains unfinished and the contents are not listed by George Finlay.
The newspaper cuttings are arranged chronologically, dating from 4 January 1872 to 8 August 1874 (though not all are pasted up).
The subject-matter is mainly Greece and the east Mediterranean. Most are from The Times, but occasionally from the Boston Daily Advertiser, the Levant Herald, and the Foreign Times. Some of the articles are 'From our own correspondent' and occasionally have George Finlay's notes added.
One letter undated: A. Libathinellos (an editor of Scopia ) to George Finlay asks for translation of George Finlay's article in The Times (in Greek, loose, inserted at 'Material Progress in Greece, 21 November 1873). 4 pp.
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.
Brown mottle board, paginated by George Finlay pp. 1-94, handwritten.
'Esquisse d'un project de loi concernant l'impôt fonder et le droit d'usufruit sur les terres et les plantations', prepared for Greek government in 1859
'Tables relating to Agriculture in Greece' [1856]
'Observations on the Communal System in Greece' [written for Mr. Strickland, 6 January 1859]
'The Euthanasia of the Ottoman Empire', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 89, no. 547 (May 1861), 571-94
'Rebellion of the Bulgarians caused by the Emperor Michael IV changing the taxes paid in kind for a money payment, A.D. 1040. Extracts from Cedrenus.'
Three loose sheets (notes).
One official printed notice from Ministry of Economic Affairs (?), 12 and 13 August 1861.
Paper covers, printed cutting pasted up and bound.
An article by George Finlay from the Saturday Review, 11 April 1869, and a duplicate of FIN/GF/E/55.
On the front flyleaf is a note by George Finlay:
'The author was induced to write this paper from observing the general ignorance of the historical side of the ecclesiastical dispute between the Greeks and Bulgarians manifested both by the Greek and English newspaper writers in the east. Athens 25 March 1869. George Finlay.'
At the end 6 notes on the sources are appended in George Finlay's hand.
Blue mottle, faded cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine 'Statistics and Foreign Affairs and Literature', unpaginated, except for pp. 1-7, bound.
A scrap-book containing a few pasted-up cuttings (pp. 1-7) and many loose ones for 1869-72. Most of these do not deal with Greek or east Mediterranean affairs but illustrate George Finlay's wide range of interest (e.g. reviews of Forster on Dickens, Mrs. Oliphant on George II, cuttings on the Fenian troubles).