Bernard Bauer to George Finlay, 20 Feb 1845

Department Archive
Collection George Finlay Papers
Reference No. FIN/GF/B/06/034
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 16 x 20 cm
Dates 20 February 1845
Donor/Creator
Scope and Content Bernard Bauer to George Finlay. Athens, 20 February 1845. Asks George Finlay to lend him Leake's book on Athens for M. de Bruce (in French).
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.