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Application of Spyridon Spiliotopoulos to the Ministry of Military, on the topic of provision of English paper for the manufacture of bullet cartridges (Nafplio, 12 March 1825)
Archives of the Greek Regeneration, vol. 19, no 90 [p. 59] Library of the Hellenic Parliament
GIVEN THAT MUSKETS, the main type of weapon during the Revolution of 1821, were muz- zle-loaded guns, the fighters, packed the gunpow-
der in the barrel and, in order not to waste it, they placed it in a case made of hard paper, the «bullet cartridge» (< French cartouche).
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Receipt of money that Georgios Lassanis receives as camp master
(27 February 1828)
Archive of G. Lassanis
Recognition code: GR HP_LHP A.2.16 Library of the Hellenic Parliament
THE SCHOLAR AND MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, G. Lassanis, was appointed by Dimitrios Ypsilantis as camp mas- ter of Eastern Greece, in recognition of the valuable services he had rendered to his brother, Alexandros.
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Lassanis took part in the last battles of the Greeks against the Turks (Livadeia, Thebes, Petra), while after the creation of the independent Greek state, he served, among other things, as Inspector of the Army.
Application to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for funding the medical treatment of a wounded fighter (Corinth, 5 May 1822)
Archives of the Greek Regeneration, vol. 13, no 123 [p. 85] Library of the Hellenic Parliament
THE HECATONTARCH (in command of one hundred men) Anagnostis Pelitzis applies to the Administration for granting him the cost of therapy
for the healing of his wounds «on seven parts of the body», which he sustained in the campaign against Zitouni, fighting for the country.
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