Book of jottings 1
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | George Finlay Papers |
| Reference No. | FIN/JF/12 |
| Level | Item |
| Dimensions | 12 X 18 cm |
| Dates | 10 April 1799 - 20 January 1801 |
| Donor/Creator | |
| Scope and Content | Grey mottle board, handwritten, unpaginated, with 5 loose sheets. Books FIN/J/12 to FIN/J/15 cover 10 April 1799-20 January 1801 and contain a disjointed mixture of diary, personal accounts, clothes and rations on board, gunnery problems, chemical experiments, and meteorological statistics. |
| Notes | 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. |