By the Treaty of Paris (1815), the Ionian Islands became a protectorate of Great Britain, and in the same year North began discussions about a possible Ionian University with Ioannis Kapodistrias, the Greek diplomat and eventual first head of state of independent Greece. This part of the collecti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Correspondence of North and Dr William Thistlethwaite regarding the latter's direction of the High School at San Giorgio, Cefalonia; instructions sent by North about the boys' education, accommodation, religious observance and morals; Thistlethwaite's accounts of expenditure and reports on the pr...
Includes 38 letters from Domenico Mazziani, superintendent of the Botanic Gardens in Corfu. Giuseppe Maziofanti Domenico Mazziani, with one letter from Eusebio Marescotti Giovannina Mazziani
Venetian painter Natale Schiavoni reports to North about a young Greek studying with him. North’s accounts and correspondence with the Venetian bankers Fratelli Schieling. Natale Schiavoni Fratelli Schieling (37 letters from them with some replies) Ernst Heinrich Schimmelman. Letters to him as r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
The correspondence with Trikoupis contains reports on the Greek war of independence, including the siege of Patras and the attack on Peloponissos, Ibrahim Pasha's Egyptian troops, and the involvement in the conflict of Lord Byron, Lord Cochrane, Ioannis Kapodistrias and Prince Mavrokordatos. Tri...
From Joseph Randolph Joss, chemist, of Vienna, a memorandum about the exchange of chemical instruments. Leopoldos Joss, professor of law, mentions songs and the rehearsal of a hymn. Sir Alexander Johnston (5 letters) George Johnston Henry Couchman Jones Joseph de Jonville Joseph Randolph Joss Le...
Includes 47 letters from James Lusignan, North's secretary in Corfu, who writes about his linguistic studies at Oxford, and the appointment of Professors and beginning of lectures at Corfu (March 1824). Isaac Lowndes (10 letters) Prince Henri Lubomirsky Charles de Bourbon, Prince of Lucca James ...