While waiting for Mr Chryssis to tell us all about the "Tampico" captain John M.Allen, a little correction is necessary for the memory of dear Edgar.
Following info on Mr George Townsend Washington was found in "The History of Modern Greece" by Tasos Vournas, Tolidis editions, 1974. Athens, Greece .
-"Evidence" of GTW's death at Nafplion "towards the end of the revolution" is his name among others of dead philellhenes on a commemorative column placed in the catholic church of Nafplion by french colonel Hilarion Tourret (page 94). In page 95 reference is made to the frigates order scandal attributed to the "capitalist forces" that had taken control of the US then.
-After prince Mavrogordatos and his probrit party signed the petition to the British throne requesting protection, thus making Greece a protectorate, french general Ross and GTW, "american philellhene", filed to the provisional greek governement a written complaint dated 24th July 1825 (page 158) Furhtermore and according to greek historian P.Chiotis, GTW handed over to the government another complaint a few days later revealing that the "protection" petition was first written in italian in Corfu and was then translated to greek in the island of Hydra and ended the complaint with the statement that he had not come to fight in Greece so that the country next became a british colony and that, because of this protection petition, he would be leaving the country (page 159).
It's noteworthy that on June 1825 Giovanni d'Anastasy (GTW's host and friend) was on a secret mission in Montenegro calling the Serbs to revolt against the Sultan whereas Stratford Canning, british embassador in Constantinople, met Mavrogordatos in Ermioni, on Morea mainland opposite Hydra, thus the protection petition next.
Above info necessitates the correction of previous statement made concerning Edgar's role as a double agent "working for the brits". In 1825 he was not at all a double agent but an ardent american patriot considering british imperialism as "the enemy". He was apparently forced later on to conform to the US policy change that took place between 1825 and Navarino.
It is concluded furthermore that after July 1825 Edgar returns to Zante as guest of d'Anastasy and travels next to Venice, stays in Giovanni's family palazzo where he sees "Saint Germain's" art and antique collection as per The Visionary. .
Who cannot like Edgar anyway?