Ellinika Chronika

The newspaper Greek Chronicles (Ελληνικά Χρονικά), January 7th, 1825

Greek Chronicles (in Greek: Ελληνικά Χρονικά) was the name of a newspaper published by the Swiss philhellene, John Jacob Mayer, in Missolonghi, during the Greek War of Independence.

On December, 18th, 1823, Mayer announced the newspaper’s publication with a leaflet which also contained a Mayer ‘s text and an extract of a Jeremy Bentham’s essay about free press. On December, 24th, 1823, a special edition of Greek Chronicles was printed and on January the 1st, 1824, its regular edition began. During 1824 circulated 106 of its issue, in 1825 105 and from February, 6th to February 20th, 1826, when its print stopped, 15. The newspaper had distributors in many Greek cities and abroad. The annual subscription fee cost 6 Spanish thaller. One hundred papers of every edition were distributed free to the Greeks.

In the newspaper were published announcements of the Greek administration, internal and external news and translated extracts about the Greek Revolution from European and American newspapers. Furthermore were published Meyer ‘s and some Greek politicians’ articles about democracy and monarchy, freedom, free press etc, letters of philhellenic committees and subscribers’ letters as well as poetry.

Usually the newspaper had four pages but sometimes, when there was a lot of material, it had five and six pages. Its dimensions were 24,5 × 20.

Today the archive of Greek Chronicles’ papers is found at the Library of the Greek Parliament.

External link

• http://medusa.libver.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/2626