Translation / modern text
The letter presents a complaint concerning a shoemakers’ guild master and actions allegedly taken on the writer’s land. The writer appeals to the magistracy’s justice and to penalties for violence or unlawful conduct; the Latin passage is only partly legible. The inventory card names Wacław Kruszycki, a canon, as the author, but the letter’s signature does not confirm this. The letter is dated 14 July 1769; no place is given.
Original wording — transcription
[Nagłówek, s. 2:] Szlachetny Mci Dobrodzieju.
[s. 2:] Cechmistrz Szewski, czyli niejaki Lipkiewicz? […] na gruncie moim uczynił […]
[…] […] do mnie […] zaniesiony […] [odczyt częściowy].
[…] Cechmistrz […] z dwoma […] [fragmenty nieczytelne].
[s. 3:] […] sprawiedliwości tych Panów Magistrów […]
[…] „decretum […] violentia […] proportionalas poenas luunt” [łacina; odczyt częściowo niepewny].
[…] […] [dalsza argumentacja nieczytelna].
[Zakończenie:] WMM Pana Dobrodzieja […] [formuła i podpis niepewne].
[Datownik:] d. 14 Julii 1769 Anno.
Reading notes
Page 1 is an inventory card, not a separate document. Pages 2–3 are one letter; p. 4 is the outer address side naming magistracy officials, not a separate letter. The date is read from the closing notation on p. 3: 14 July 1769. The inventory card attributes the letter to Wacław Kruszycki, a canon, and associates it with Lviv; these details are not fully confirmed by the letter’s dateline.