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Letter about a matter and amounts due

The writer describes a matter involving amounts due or an account, refers to earlier correspondence and Warsaw, and asks the recipient for help or further action. The handwriting is difficult, so details and relationships between the people remain uncertain.

AI-assisted edition. Working, partial reading; date tentative, details, writer, recipient, and amounts uncertain. Readings must be checked against the original.

Translation / modern text

A partly legible, two-page letter about a matter involving amounts due or an account. The writer refers to earlier correspondence and Warsaw and asks the recipient for help or action; details and amounts are uncertain. The dateline is tentatively read as 8 February 1699; the place has not been established.

Original wording — transcription

[Datowanie, s. 2:] „8 Feb. 1699” [odczyt prawdopodobny; miejsce niepodane/nieczytelne]. [Nagłówek:] „Jaśnie Wielmożny Mój Panie Dobrodzieju”. [Tekst, s. 2–3:] Odczyt częściowy. Nadawca opisuje sprawę związaną z należnościami/rozliczeniem, wspomina wcześniejsze wiadomości i Warszawę oraz prosi adresata o pomoc lub działanie. Szczegóły wywodu, kwoty i nazwiska są niepewne. [Podpis:] nieodczytany pewnie. [PDF s. 4, adres:] osobna karta adresowa do wysoko postawionego adresata; nazwisko nieczytelne. S. 5: odwrotna strona karty z pieczęcią.

Reading notes

Page 1 is an inventory cover and was not used for dating. Pages 2–3 are the two pages of one letter. Page 4 is a separate address sheet, and p. 5 is its reverse with a seal; they do not form an additional letter. The date was read from the letter’s heading.
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