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Intervention of Andrzej Potocki with the Lviv authorities regarding a robbed merchant from Stanisławów

Andrzej Potocki (Voivode of Kiev) Mayor and councilors of the city of Lviv (Proconsul et Consules Inclyti Magistratus Leopoliensis)
August 8, 1673 · Kozowa

Andrzej Potocki asks the Lviv authorities for help in recovering a significant sum of money stolen from a Stanisławów merchant named Lefter at a new Lviv inn. In exchange for a fair and thorough investigation of the case, he declares his mutual goodwill and readiness to assist the magistrate.

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Translation / modern text

[P. 2] Most Illustrious and Excellent Men, Mayor and Councilors of the Renowned Lviv Magistrate, Lords and Friends! Lefter, my burgher, a merchant from Stanisławów, was robbed at a new Lviv inn – a significant sum was stolen from him. We therefore turn to you, my Lords, with a request on his behalf, that you, as those to whose authority and vigilance this should belong, would deign to look seriously into this matter, so that this distressed man may recover his property. For which, as I ask you, my Lords, once again, I shall acknowledge this favor and, in similar circumstances, will reciprocate with mutual friendship, with which I remain Your Lordships' well-wishing friend and ready to serve Andrzej Potocki [paraph] In Kozowa, on August 8, 1673 [P. 3, address:] To be delivered to the Most Illustrious and Excellent Men, the Mayor and Councilors of the Renowned Lviv Magistrate, Lords and Friends.

Original wording — transcription

[S. 2] Clarissimi ac Spectabiles Viri Proconsul Consules Inclyti Magistratus Leopoliensis D[omi]ni et Amici. Leftera Mieszkanina moiego Kupca Stanisławowskiego okradziono w nowey Lwowskiey gospodzie, znaczną mu Vkradziono summę. Przychodzim[y] tedy zanim prosić W[aszych] M[ości] M[oich] Panow, abyscie, iako ci do ktorych to redire powinno powagi, y animaduersiey, serio weyrzeć w to chcieli, iako by ten człowiek Vtrapiony swoiey mogł doyść substantiey. O co gdy iterat[o] W[aszych] M[oich] Panow proszę, vznam to ich facilitatem, y moią w podobnych occasieach wzayemną uczynić z siebie przyiaźnią z którą iestem W[aszych] M[ości] M[oich] Panow Życzliwy Przyiaciel y Służyć rad Andrzey Potocki [parafa] W Kozowey d[nia] 8 Augusti 1673 [S. 3, adres:] Clarissimis ac Spectabilibus Viris Proconsuli Consulibus Inclytis Magistratus Leopoliensis D[omi]n[i]s et Amicis pateant

Reading notes

P. 1 is an inventory card with an archival description in Ukrainian. The author of the letter, Andrzej Potocki, then Voivode of Kiev and owner of Stanisławów, intervenes in the case of the Stanisławów merchant Lefter, who was robbed in Lviv.

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