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Myloi, seat of the Greek government

March 1824 – June 1824 Proven

For more than two months in the spring of 1824, the Executive of Georgios Kountouriotis governed from Myloi and the ships off its shore. Proclamations and letters of the time are signed 'from Myloi of Nafplio'; the archive of Ioannis Kolettis alone holds over a hundred documents from March to June 1824 dated at Myloi.

Note: Months in Old Style; the stay ran from about the end of March to June 1824 by today's calendar.

Where
Myloi (the village), The water mills
Who
Georgios Kountouriotis, Ioannis Kolettis
Threads
The Revolution of 1821, Running the village
Certainty
Proven confirmed by primary sources

Sources

  • Ὁ Φίλος τοῦ Νόμου (Hydra), nos. 2–25, March–June 1824 (Hellenic Parliament Library, digital newspapers)
  • Ἀνεξάρτητος, 15-3-1828 (act dated «Ἐκ Μύλων Ναυπλίου τῇ 4 Μαΐου 1824»)
  • Academy of Athens, KEINE, digitised collections of the Greek Revolution (archive of I. Kolettis), documents with place 'Μύλοι Ναυπλίου' Open
  • J.-P.-P. Jourdain, Mémoires historiques et militaires sur les événements de la Grèce depuis 1822 jusqu'au combat de Navarin, Paris 1828 Open

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