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Kossowski's letter to the Lviv Magistrate regarding the delay in the Chancellor's response

Kossowski, secretary to the Crown Chancellor Magistrate of the city of Lviv ("Moy Wielce M[oś]ci Panowie y Bracia")
March 8, 1736 · Warsaw

Kossowski, secretary to the Crown Chancellor, informs the Lviv authorities about the delay in responding to their letter due to the overload of the Krakow post and promises to send it via the next courier. He also asks the councilors to direct further correspondence on this matter directly to him.

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Translation / modern text

[P. 2] From Warsaw, March 8, 1736 My Most Gracious Lords and Brothers! By the express order of His Excellency the Chancellor, my Benefactor and Principal, I address Your Graces, informing Your Graces that due to the influx of urgent and pressing dispatches to the Krakow post, it is impossible to provide any resolution regarding the content of Your Graces' letter by this post. I assure you, however, that Your Graces will receive it by the next post. Assuring Your Graces of this, I myself declare my zealous desire to serve, expressing that I am Your Graces' all well-wishing brother and humble servant, Kossowski [...] [by his own hand] P.S. Please correspond with me directly in future matters, including the issue of the response, if it is needed, to inform Your Graces on behalf of the Chancellor.

Original wording — transcription

[S. 2] Z Warszawy d[nia] 8. Mar[tii] A[nn]o 1736to Moy Wielce M[oś]ci Panowie y Bracia Z Roskazu wyraznego JW[elmożne]g[o] J[e]m[o]ść Kanclerza Dobrodzieja Pryncypała M[e]go odzywam sie Jmm[o]ść Panom, to wyrazaiąc Jmm[o]ść[iom], że dla nastąpionych wielkich y gwałtownych pod krakowszą pocztę Expedycyj, na List W[oś]m[ść] P[anó]w tey poczty nieprzychodzi dać żadney ad Contenta onego Rezolucyj. Przyszłą iednak następuiącą upewnic mogę że W[ościu]m[oś]ć W[a]m[ość] odbierzecie. Wczym dawszy W[ościu]m[oś]ć W[a]m[ość] w tym upewnienie, sam zas piszę się z modliwą służenia swą ochotą wyrażaiąc żem iest W[aszych] M[ościu]m[oś]ć Panow wszytkich Życzliwym Bratem y uniżonym Sługą Kossowski R.P.D. [m.p.] P.S. Proszę ze mną in deinderijs już korespondować y strony Responsu ieżeli wedle będzie po- trzebny Jmm[o]ść P[anó]w [sam?] kancl[erza] dla uwiadomić [Dopisek ołówkiem u dołu:] k. 45

Reading notes

Modern pencil numbering on the page: f. 45. In the inventory, the date is described as damaged/erroneous ("ерез"), while the document clearly shows the date: Warsaw, March 8, 1736. The author is a secretary (possibly Regens Cancellariae / Registrant) to the Grand Crown Chancellor (in 1736, this was Andrzej Stanisław Załuski). Signature: "Kossowski R.P.D." (possibly Regens / Decree Secretary).

Scope of the edition: Automatic transcription (15.10.2026), not verified against the original by a human; illegible fragments marked [...].

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