Revolution and liberation · The Revolution of 1821 · Water and mills
'No water for the mills': a captain's threat
14 October 1827 (2 October 1827 old style) Probable
In the civil strife around Nafplio in 1827, the mills of Myloi ground the grain for the fortress. Konstantis Veris wrote to Kolettis that he was asked to allow 10,000 oka of grain to be milled for the fortress, but that unless a debt of 1,000 grosia owed to him was paid, he would let no water reach the mills. Whoever controlled the water controlled the bread of Nafplio.
Note: The handwritten letter has been read by the Visit Myloi researchers; parts of the reading are uncertain.
- Where
- The water mills, Nafplio
- Certainty
- Probable likely, but not fully proven
Sources
- Academy of Athens, KEINE, archive of I. Kolettis, doc. 71617, K. Veris to I. Kolettis, 'Μύλοι', 2 October [1827] Open (opens in a new tab)
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