Ο ΑΝΔΡΕΑΣ MIAOΥΛΗΣ ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΓΙΟ ΤΟΥ. ΣΕΛΙΔΕΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΑΡΧΕΙΟ ΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΑΣ ΓΚΟΡΝΤΟΝ

Abstract

The papers of Thomas Gordon (1788-1841), now property of the Aberdeen University Library, consist for the most part of approximately 700 letters (in English, Greek, French and Italian), and of documents (mostly in Greek) collected by Gordon for use in his history of the Greek War of Independence. The letter presented here was written in 1830 by Andonios Miaoulis and addressed to George Lee who had asked him a number of questions concerning Andonios' father, the Admiral Andreas Miaoulis, one of the leading figures of the resurgent Greeks. The value of the document lies first in the little-known information it provides for the Admiral's early years; second, in the light it sheds into Gordon's method of reworking and presenting his material; and third, in the text itself, for its vivid style, and the sense of history that the author displays. A contemporary view of Andreas Miaoulis, as given by James Emerson in 1825, is cited in the appendix.