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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.
Transcription of inscriptions found in a late town. Originally from FIN/GF/B/7/13, but with a note from Joan Hussey suggesting the records may belong to FIN/GF/B/7/11.
One portrait of George Finlay with medals by Numa Blanc. This portrait reappears pasted into FIN/GF/A/20.
George Finlay to Leicester Fitzgerald Charles. Argos, 31 May 1824
Two of George Finlay's letters, including his reminiscences of Lord Byron, are printed in Leicester F. Stanhope, Greece in 1823 and 1824 . . ., London, 1825, pp. 510-19. F. Stanhope's visiting card pasted inside the front cover.
George Finlay to Leicester Fitzgerald Charles. Tripolitza, June 1824.
Two of George Finlay's letters, including his reminiscences of Lord Byron, are printed in Leicester
F. Stanhope, Greece in 1823 and 1824 . . ., London, 1825, pp 519 - 529
George Finlay's note on coats of arms (loose in J. A. C. B., Chroniques étrangères . . ., vol. III Paris, 1840).
George Finlay to the Revd. Josiah Forshall, British Museum. Athens, 16 December 1850. Suggests purchase of rare Athenian coin by B.M.; sends a cast (stuck on front flyleaf of William M. Leake, Numismatica Hellenica . . ., London, 1856).
Draft letter by George Finlay describing his collection of Byzantine coins, No date. (loose in M. Pinder and J. Friedlander, Die Munzen Justinians, Berlin, 1843).
Handwritten itineraries by George Finlay bound in William Gell, The ltinerary of Greece . . ., London, 1819, pp. 317 ff.
Paginated by George Finlay pp. 1-30; pp. 6bis-16, bound-up quires of handwritten lists with some newspaper cuttings pasted up, with 1 side loose listing George Finlay's donations (taken from FIN/GF/C/6).
Catalogue of Implements of Stone found in Greece in the possession of George Finlay. [Presented by R. C. Bosanquet, April 1930.]
The notes of George Finlay on inside covering sheet give details of his donations to Archaeological Society of Athens; Society of Antiquaries, Zürich ; Mr. Westropp; Albert Dumont; Sir John Lubbock Bart.; Edward J. Stevens Esq., Blackmore Museum, Salisbury; John Evans Esq., British Museum (sent to Mr. Frank Christy's Collection) ; and adds 'Detailed Account of Donations to May 1874 in General Catalogue of Coins, p. 211' [= FIN/GF/C/14 (R. 9.33)].
See also FIN/GF/C/6 for lists of donations.
Green folder with cloth case (broken), green leather spine, gilt lettering on front and on spine 'Schlieman's [sic] Discoveries at Troy'.
Excavations at Troy, photographs, plans and notes by George Finlay, newspaper cuttings (much rubbed).
Pamphlet. [George Finlay], 'On certain disputed positions in the topography of Athens'. Read at the Royal Society of Literature on the 14th and 28th of May, 1835, pp. 1-43. 'This Paper has been printed uniformly with the "Additional Notes" of "the Topography of Athens", with a view to its being bound up with that work.'
Black cloth, 'Swiss Antiquities' on spine in gilt, handwritten notes, printed pamphlets and cuttings pasted in, with 9 loose letters and papers, paginated pp. 1-147, bound. Includes loose note by Joan Hussey that something is missing betwen p1 and p21.
Contents listed by George Finlay as follows:
Contents of this Volume
How Indians make Stone Arrowheads from Mr Maltby
Stone Instruments and relics in Mr Finlay's possession
Dighton Sculptured rock Massachusetts
Prehistoric Times by Sir John Lubbock (Athenaeum)
Denmark in the early Iron age by Conrad Engelhardt (The Times)
The Lake Dwellings of Switzerland by Ferdinand Keller (The Times)
Letter from Mr Sharman (The Times)
Prehistoric Canada
Die Pfahlbau Alterthümer in Moosseedorf im Canton Bern von Alb Jahn und Joh Uhlmann Bern 1857
Die Keltische Alterthümer der Schweiz von Alb Jahn with plate. Bern 1860
Extracted from the Swiss Newspaper Der Bund
Die Schweizerischen Pfahlbauten der ältesten Zeit von H. Runge
Discoveries in the Swiss lakes Saturday Review by Mr Freeman
Works of Art by primeval man in Europe, Evening Mail
Ethnological Society and Anthropological Society
Treasure Trove by Godfrey Faussett The Times Do by John Evans
Discovery of a manufactory of Stone implements 1864
Letter G. Finlay to Athenaeum on Stone implements 1867
The Great French Exhibition The Times Oct 11, 17. 1867
The Primitive inhabitants of Scandinavia by Sven Nilsen
Falconer's Paleontological Memoirs. The Times April 16. 1868
Opening of a tumulus on the Yorkshire wolds Oct 2. 1867
Mammoths preserved in ice Lake dwelling in Loch Arisaig
Ethnological research and criticism Roman remains at Malton
The Wroxeter Excavations
The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky
Antique treasure trove and Stone implements near York
The Treasure trove of Hildesheim
Letter to the Editor of The Athenaeum June 5. 1869 with <ι>Παρατηρήσειςι>
Observations on this letter in The Athenaeum
Archeology in England
M.S. Observations on Prehistoric Archaiology in Switzerland and Greece by George Finlay LL.D. Athens 1869 M.S. printed
Wood cuts of specimens in George Finlay's collection
M.S. Observations by Mr von Heldreich on draft of Observations
Collection of Swiss antiquities presented by G. Finlay to the Archaiological Society of Athens
Stone implements found in Greece presented by G. Finlay to the Archaiological Society of Athens
List of Objects sent by Dr Uhlmann to the Archaiological Society and Dr F. Keller's memoirs
Swiss Antiquities of the Stone period in the collection of George Finlay
Instruments of Bone and Horn
From Palestine
Discoveries at Santorin (Thera)
Greek Collection of Mr Finlay. Observations on material of implements
List of the members of the Archaeological Society of Ireland with the publications 1845
Letters and printed note on canton of Solothurn.
(1) T. von Heldreich to George Finlay. 25 March 1869.
Sends 22 'pieces' (stone objects) to George Finlay for the sum of 150 dr. (in French, loose). 3 pp.
(2) George Finlay to Editor of Athenaeum, London. Athens, 10 July 1867.
Account of stone celts found in Greece by George Finlay with sketches (inserted in Athenaeum, 3 August 1867, pp. 147 ff. bound in, pp. 27-30). 4 pp.
(3) T. von Heldreich to George Finlay. 30 September 1870.
Re supplementary payment for stone objects (in French, loose, inserted at p. 57). 2 pp.
(4) George Finlay to Editor of Athenaeum, 20 Wellington St., Strand, London, W.C. Athens, 5 June 1869.
Re similarity of Stone Age implements found in Greece and Switzerland (published in Athenaeum, 25 June 1869, bound in, pp. 77-8). 2 pp.
(5) Albert Dumont to George Finlay. Athens, n.d. (inserted with material of 1869).
Re discovery of lake dwellings in Macedonia (in French, stuck in at p. 82). 2 pp.
(6) M. Scinas, Chief Librarian of National Library, Athens, Curator of the Numismatic Museum, to George Finlay. 26 May/7 June 1869.
Acknowledges gift of George Finlay's observations on prehistoric archaeology in Switzerland and Greece (in Greek; loose, at p. 87). 1 p.
(7) C. K. Tuckermann to George Finlay. Athens, 4 June 1869.
Acknowledges gift of archaeological pamphlet; hopes to visit George Finlay's collection of antiquities. Comments on England's friendship for Greece; absorption of Turkey by Russia, and integrity of Greece (loose, at p. 87). 4 pp.
(8) C. K. Tuckermann to George Finlay. Athens, n.d. (inserted with 1869 material).
Requests copies of George Finlay's pamphlet on archaeological remains in Switzerland and Greece to send to the Historical Society and to friends. Note on a passage in Stanhope's Greece on the total Greek population 1823-4 (loose, at p. 87). 2 pp.
(9) Baron de Bonstetten to George Finlay. Eichenbühl, près Thoune (Suisse), 21 July n.y. Asks for information on Greek bronze objects found in tombs (in French, loose; at end). 4 pp.
(10) George Finlay to C. Lyall, Foreign Secretary to the Geological Society, London. Athens, 25 February 1837.
Sends Geological Society of London duplicates of fossil bones discovered by George Finlay at Pikermi in Attica (loose at end). 3 pp.
(11) Sir Edmund Lyons to George Finlay. Athens, 24 February, 1837.
Re transport of box with duplicates of fossil bones to England (loose at end). 3 pp.
(12) Printed note on canton of Solothurn (loose at end).
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
Observations on the relation between the As and the obolos under the Roman Empire in Greece, Extracts and authorities, pp. 1-33.
Notes on coins (unpaginated). With loose label by George Finlay.
Brown mottle, brown calf spine, leather corners; handwritten, unpaginated, 'Tacitus' pasted on spine, bound with a few loose cuttings.
'The Life of Julius Agricola by C. Cornelius Tacitus, Translated.' Written in copperplate hand with some pencil corrections, and a few random notes on Balkans, Austria, and Prussia in George Finlay's hand.
Black cloth, bound, paginated, gilt lettering on spine: Greece under the Romans.
G. Finlay, History of Greece under Foreign Domination, in five volumes, vol. i, Greece under the Romans, 2nd edn. (Blackwood, London, 1857), pp. i-xxxiv, 1-580.
Page proofs corrected by George Finlay mounted on blue sheets and his addenda and corrigenda mostly bound up with the page proofs; some loose sheets and cuttings.
See also FIN/GF/C/17 [Q. 9. 2] for printed appendices to second edition (Belisarius, Money, Holy Sepulchre).
Black cloth, bound, gilt lettering on spine: 'History of the Byzantine Empire, vol. I A.D. 816 (sic)-1057'.
G. Finlay, History of the Byzantine Empire from DCCXVI to MLVII; 2nd edn. (London and Edinburgh, 1856), pp. i-xii, 1-542.
Page proofs corrected by George Finlay and mounted on blue sheets with his addenda and corrigenda; there are also a few loose sheets with George Finlay's historical notes.
Black cloth, bound, gilt lettering on spine: 'History of the Byzantine Empire, vol. II, A.D. 1057-1453'.
G. Finlay, History of the Byzantine and Greek Empires from DCCXVI to MCCCLIII, in two volumes, vol. ii (Blackwood, Edinburgh and London, 1854). Interleaved as D. 3 with addenda and corrigenda; a few loose sheets with George Finlay's historical notes.
Brown mottle with calf spine, pp. 1-221+index sheets A-W, handwritten, bound, 'Varieties' pasted on spine, paginated. Indexed alphabetically by George Finlay.
Various notes mostly on Greece or the Byzantines. Heading on p. 197 'Works illustrating the period of my first volume' is left blank.
Dark-green cloth, gilt lettering on spine: 'Medieval Greece and Trebizond. G. Finlay', bound.
G. Finlay, History of Greece from its Conquest by the Crusaders to its Conquest by the Turks and of the Empire of Trebizond 1204-1461 (Edinburgh and London, 1851), pp. i-xiv, 1-519.
Interleaved with addenda and corrigenda. A few loose sheets with notes.
Dark-blue cloth, black calf spine (broken), printed. Three printed works of George Finlay bound together with a few corrigenda in text in his hand.
(1) 'Observations on the characteristic features of Byzantine history' [from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature, iv, N.S.], pp. 1-64, date at end: Athens, 27 March 1851.
(2) The Last Pages of the History of the Last Greek Republic, Malta. Printed at the British Press. Read on the evening commencing the session 1852-3 at Literary and Scientific Institute of Malta, pp. 1-17, preface dated 1 January 1853.
(3) 'Observations on the causes of the rapid conquests of the Ottoman Turks in Europe' [from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature, v, N.s.], pp. 1-21, n.d.
Dark-green cloth, printed. Duplicate of item (1) in FIN/GF/D/7 with ink corrigenda and addenda in George Finlay's hand, pp. 1-64.
Blue mottle boards, brown calf spine, 'Byzantine History M.S.' in gilt on spine, handwritten, bound, paginated pp. 1-130.
Translations from Byzantine authors, with some comments by George Finlay. Contents listed by George Finlay at beginning of book as follows:
Memorial of the Athenians (by Michael Akominatos) to the emperor Alexius III (from Tafel's Thessalonica)
Extract relating to Athens [from Tafel, op. cit., p. 459]
Leo Diaconus. Extracts from his history which relate to the Bulgarian and Russian wars during the reigns of Nicephorus II, John I and Basil II
Fragments relating to the conquest of the Tauric Chersonnesus by the Russians from the notes of Hases's ed. of Leo Diaconus (p. 254, ed. Paris)
Fragments of a discourse by Theodoulos Magister concerning the incursions of the Catalans and Turks (Anecdota Graeca, ed. Boissonade, ii, p. 219)
Discourse on behalf of Chandrenos addressed to the emperor Andronicus II
Extracts from the Book of Accounts or Tax register called, of Augustus Caesar
Extracts from the New Book of Accounts or Tax register of the emperor Alexius I (Montfaucon, Analecta Graeca, p. 369)
Note explanatory of the two last articles and particularly of the tax register of Alexius I (Zonaras, ii, p. 298, ed. Paris)
The Charter under the golden seal or Golden Bull of the emperor Alexius I granting the island of Patmos to the monk Christodoulos, and relating to the privileges conceded to the monastery of St. John to be founded in the said island translated from the original given by Dr Ross in his Reisen auf den griechischen Inseln, II. Band [pp. 119-85]
(1) (Memorial) Address of Plethon to the Emperor Manuel concerning the affairs of the Peloponnesus. Translated, February 1852.
(2) Letter of George Amiroutzes to Bessarion. It appears to have been written about the end of 1461, the year in which Trebizond was taken. Translated, March 1852.
(3) A Dialogue of the Dead. Sojourn of Mazaris in Hades or questions of some of the dead concerning members of the imperial society. Translated March 1852.
(4) [Some notes by George Finlay] State of Society, of religion, law, science and literature, art [also on the Slavonians, loose sheets paginated pp. 1-6].
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 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
Quarto, unbound, handwritten. Notes on Greek affairs.
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'.
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'.
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.
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).