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Call Number:
C0933
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 0.4 linear feet
  • 1 box
Language:
Greek, Modern (1453-)
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Greek Historical Documents, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1821-1873 (inclusive) and 1821-1849 (bulk)
Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Abstract:
This collection consists of over 82 Greek historical documents regarding the Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution of 1821, ranging from 1821 to 1873.

The collection consists of over 82 Greek autograph documents and letters recording several historical events, campaigns and battles, Cabinet decisions and other announcements, as well instructions from ministers regarding payments of the salaries and other expenses of the soldiers ranging from 1821 to 1873. Most of the documents and letters are dated and signed by several ministers and important officials including Geōrgios Kountouriōtēs, Iōannēs Kōlettēs, Vassos Maurovouniōtēs, Kōnstantinos Mauromichalēs, Nikolaos Ponēropoulos, ̄Adam Doukas, Petros Mauromichalēs, the Μetropolitan Iosēph Androusēs, and Nikolaos Kriezōtēs.

Given by Stefano Papageorgiou in appreciation of Dimitri Gondicas, and to express his gratitude for the two months he spent researching in the Special Collections as a Visiting Fellow of the Program in Hellenic Studies.

AM2003-64

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Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012. Finding written by Kalliopi Balatsouka in July 2021.

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Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Author
Kalliopi Balatsouka
Finding Aid Date
2021
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Collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

Official Documents and Letters, 1821-1873. 3 folders.
Scope and Contents

Folders consist of official historical documents regarding the Greek War of Independence. Included are autograph documents of the Provisional Administration of Greece to the Executive Body of the Ministry of Defense signed by the Minister Adam Douka, in Nauplion, 1825; Ministry of Finance to the National Treasury in order to provide money to Vassos Maurovouniōtēs to pay salaries to his soldiers and documents of the Ministry of Religious Affairs signed by the minister Iōsēph Androusēs. Document signed by the Minister of Finance Nikolaos Poneropoulos, in Nauplion, 1825. A similar document from the Minister of Defense signed by its president Geōrgios Kountouriōtēs and the members Iōannēs‏ Kōlettēs and Kōnstantinos Mauromichalēs. A document from the Ministry of Culture to Vassos Maurovouniōtēs regarding his promotion as a Colonel signed in Nauplion on July 26, 1824. There is also an identical copy of a document dated April 14, 1828 in Aigina that lists the number of the soldiers that Adam Doukas had under his command in the battle of Trikeri.

There are also autograph letters and documents signed by Vassos Maurovouniōtēs to his compatriots and several Greek ministries. An autograph signed letter to Maurovouniōtēs (October 31, 1873 in Eleusis) provides information about the battle of Kamatero. An invitation to a hearing at the palace from Timoleōn Vassos followed by an incomplete list of names (dated 1870s). A letter from Iōannēs Kapodistrias to Petrobey (Petros) Mauromichalēs in 1826 in London. A letter to an unidentified recipient dated 1849. Many handwritten pages in the type of a diary documenting historical events from 1821 to 1829.

Physical Description

3 folders

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