Translation / modern text
[P. 2]
To Mr. Arthur Forbes / Jarosław, April 9, 1692
Honorable, Magnanimous, Most Esteemed Sir,
Greetings. I have received your kind letter of the 7th of this month, from which I learn that I was to pay the designated [...] to Elczam [?], which I have done, because [...] the same will be credited to my cousin's account. I paid this money in orensz [?] calculated at 35 groszy each. These are wartime times. For now, nothing more, commending everything to Divine care,
I remain for life
my Most Esteemed, Honorable Sir's most humble
Alexander Reidt
[P. 3, address:]
To Mr.
Mr. Arthur
Forbes
[...]
in
Lviv
Original wording — transcription
[S. 2]
Herrn Arthur Forbess / Jaroslaw d[en] 9. Aprill A[nn]o 1692
Ehrenvester Fürnehmer Insonders Hochgeehrter Herr
Salute Dessen Beliebtes vom 7. praesentis habe erhalten, aus
welchem vernehmen, das die ordinirten [...] an Elczam [?]
bezahlen solte, welches auch gethan habe, weil Erfen [?] der-
selbe auf meins Vettern Conto werde abgeschrieben
habe, dasselbe geldt habe gegeben in Orenschen gerichten zü 35 gr.
die Zeit ist kriegerisch gehabt, auf dieses mahl nie mehr
reservert alles in Empfehlung Göttlichen Schützes
verharre Lebens Lang
M[eines] H[ochgeehrten] E[hrenvesten] Willigster
Alexander Reidt
[S. 3, adres:]
Herrn
Herrn Arthur
Forbess
[...]
In
Lembergk
Reading notes
Merchant letter from Scottish merchants settled in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Alexander Reid in Jarosław, Arthur Forbes in Lviv). German language (Kurrentschrift). Red wax seal preserved on p. 3. The bottom margin of the page is slightly chipped.
