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It contains a name list [see full text] which, as the author says, is "the most comprehensive list of persons who came as refugees from Chios to Syros during the Independence War". He found it in an original letter, sent 10 Jul 1829 [the new Greek State had just been constituted] to the Governor of Greece, Capodistria, and signed, as the letter says, "by ALL Chiots of Syros, with the only exception of those who are completely illiterate". It is signed by 327 persons. (George Agelastos) |
