Commission for Major Commandment

Department Archive
Collection George Finlay Papers
Reference No. FIN/JF/23/10
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 27 x 40 cm
Dates 5 December 1798
Scope and Content 5 December 1798. Major Commandant of the Volunteer Companies in the Royal Powder Mills at Faversham and Waltham Abbey.
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.