Konstantis Veris

In the autumn of 1827 Veris held Myloi with his soldiers, ran the harbour office and wrote to Kolettis that he would cut off the water to the mills if a debt was not paid.

Also written: Κωνσταντής Βέρης, K. Veris, Βέρης

Events

1. 1827

   Generals agree to cut the garrison at the mills

   Because promised food supplies did not arrive, the generals Stratos, Grivas and Veris decided to reduce the number of soldiers 'at the Mills and in Nafplio'. In the same months a man was held at Myloi by soldiers because…

   ProvenThe Revolution of 1821

2. 3 October 1827

   Medicine against fever requested at Myloi

   Captain Konstantis Veris, who held Myloi with his soldiers, asked Ioannis Kolettis to send medicine against 'the fever'. The marshes of Lerna made malaria a constant danger for anyone stationed at the mills.

   ProvenThe Revolution of 1821Village life

3. 9 October 1827

   A captain claims the harbour office of Myloi

   Konstantis Veris asked for the return of the harbour office (limenarcheio) that had been assigned to him. It shows that in 1827 Myloi was a landing place with harbour dues, and that the soldiers holding it collected…

   ProvenThe Revolution of 1821Harbour and pier

4. 14 October 1827

   'No water for the mills': a captain's threat

   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…

   ProbableThe Revolution of 1821Water and mills