Description
Ioannis Roukis
1830 Signed Autograph Document
Greek War of Independence 1821
MARTINO 1830
Handwritten letter of Major Ioannis Roukis to the Chief of the Chiliarchy of May 17, 1830 regarding the slander that the soldiers of his Battalion abused residents in the area where they were encamped. Handwritten signature of the Major.
Ioannis Roukis was a fearless fighter of the Revolution of 1821, whose one act of daring was enough to save the memory of this humble patriot and important chieftain of Eastern Central Greece.