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Provisional Government of Greece 1,000 gr.[ossi] – In Corinth on [blank] 1822  

Single page, 16 x 14.7 cm. – Corinth Printing House

State bond of 1,000 grossi for the domestic loan of 5,000,000 grossi, which was decided by the revolutionary government in early 1822. Each bond could be exchanged in lieu of cash for the purchase of state land until the end of the Struggle. Beside the 1,000 grossi bonds, there were also bonds worth 100, 250, 500 and 750 grossi.

General Archive, Α 10610

 

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Provisional Government of Greece – In Corinth on 13 March 1823. The President of the Executive Body Alexandros Mavrokordatos – The Minister Head Secretary of State and Foreign Affairs

Single page, 27 x 22 cm. – Corinth Printing House

Diplomatic note by the Provisional Government, notifying the consuls of the “friendly powers” regarding the establishment of a central government in charge of the Struggle. It also announces the blockade of the coastal areas and accordingly delineates the area of action for the fleet of the revolting Greeks “in Epirus as well as in the Peloponnese, Euboea, and Thessaly, from Epidamnos (Tulcino) even to Thessaloniki; to all the ports on the Islands of the Aegean, the Sporades and Crete, and all those in enemy hands”.

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 130

 

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Provisional Government of Greece. The Minister of Religious Affairs to all High Priests, Abbots, Commissioners of Monasteries and Churches around Greece, and to all the pious inhabitants – In Corinth, 6 April 1822 

Single page, 26.6 x 21 cm. – Corinth Printing House

Circular by Iosif, Metropolitan of Androusa, who was Minister of Religious Affairs, for messengers sent by the revolutionary government to carry in order to impose the law, regarding the collection and delivery to the revolutionary government of all the gold and silver wares in churches and monasteries, as well as similar wares and jewelry of private individuals, to cover the great needs of the war.

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 172

 

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Provisional Government of Greece. The Minister of the Interior and temporary Minister of War to the Brave Olympians – in Corinth, 26 April 1822  

Single page, 34.2 x 23.2 cm. – Corinth Printing House

Circular by Ioannis Kolettis, Minister of the Interior, calling the people in the area of Olympos to revolt against the Ottomans.

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 173

 

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Protocol No. 1399. Provisional Government of Greece. Statute of the Parliamentary Branch – Issued in Corinth, 11 May 1822

Single page, 29.7 x 23 cm. – Corinth Printing House

A decision by the Parliamentary Branch that Alexandros Mavrokordatos, head of the revolutionary government, is sent to Mainland Greece undertaking “the general management of military and political affairs in that land”.

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 174

 

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The Administration, in the assembly of the Executive Body… In Corinth, 19 May 1822

Single page, 21 x 14.3 cm. – Corinth Printing House

Statute banning the unauthorized entry of parties to the meeting room of the Executive Body (revolutionary government).

Archive of Printed Documents, Ε 175

 

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No. 12. of the Code of Law. Provisional Government of Greece. President of the Executive Body.

12-page pamphlet in quarto, 19 x 8.5 cm. – Corinth Printing House 

It was printed in May 1822 and comprises the “Organization Chart of Greek Provinces” and the decision for an organization chart of the courthouses. It is one of the two copies that have been saved, the only complete one.

Rare and Valuable Books Collection, ΝΟΜ-2052-O

 

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Provisional Regime of Greece. First Edition in Corinth. First year of Independence 1822.  

Quarto (17.2 x 23.5 cm.), 36 p. – Corinth Printing House

First edition of the first revolutionary Constitution. It was typeset by printer Anastasios Nikolaidis and printed before 16 March 1822. This copy, according to available evidence, belonged to Alexandros Mavrokordatos, president of the Executive Body, who added hand-written notes to the final pages, regarding the rules of procedure for the Executive Body, the Peloponnesian Senate, the draft of the Provisional Regime of Crete and other significant documents.

Rare and Valuable Books Collection, Mavrokordatos-Baltatzis Library, ΝΟΜ-2212-L

 

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Provisional Regime of Greece. First Edition in Corinth. First year of Independence 1822.  

Quarto (19 x 31.5 cm.), 38 p. – Corinth Printing House

Page 37 from another copy of the first edition of the first revolutionary constitution. Because the copies of this edition were intended to be used as certified copies of the manuscript original, they were stamped after printing with the seal of the revolutionary government and “signed” by the “chief secretary of the state” Theodore Negris. Negri’s signature has been stamped with a special seal.

 

Rare and Valuable Books Collection, ΝΟΜ-212-L α

 

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Provisional Regime of Greece. Second Edition in Corinth. First year of Independence 1822.  

Octavo (19.5 x 13.5 cm.), 24 p. – Corinth Printing House

Second edition of the first revolutionary Constitution, typeset by printer Konstantinos Tompras and printed in March 1822, with the use of printing equipment that had been brought from Kalamata.

Rare and Valuable Books Collection, ΝΟΜ-2212-M

 

 

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Provisional Regime of Greece. Second Edition in Corinth. First year of Independence 1822.  

Octavo (27.2 x 19.5 cm.), 24 p. – Corinth Printing House

A copy of the second edition printed in large size.

Rare and Valuable Books Collection, ΝΟΜ-2212-M α

 

 

In early 1822, during the First National Assembly in Epidaurus, the Provisional Regime of Greece was voted as the first constitutional map of the country and the first government was elected with Corinth as its temporary seat. The printing house continued to operate there from March until July of that year, when the Turks reconquered Corinth and it ceased to operate abruptly. Among the publications printed in Corinth were two successive editions of the Provisional Regime of Greece and administrative single-page leaflets.

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