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11 documents · Fonds 131 and 132

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132/1/151151-02132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1736-05-19Request from the Drohobycz magistrate to the Lviv magistrate to send an executioner for an execution

The mayor and councilors of Drohobycz address the authorities of Lviv with a humble request to send the city executioner for an imprisoned criminal. They assure them of proper hospitality, remuneration, and the return of the master of justice after the sentence is carried out.

Jan Lewkowicz, Mayor of His Royal Majesty's City of Drohobycz, with his colleagues
To: Nobly Born His Grace the President and the Entire Magistrate of His Royal Majesty's City of Lviv
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132/1/197197-02132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1650Lviv's instructions for Andrzej Wachlowicz: the case with the starosta, the Tatar sum, and procedural documents

The city councilors send Wachlowicz a letter from the Crown Instigator and instruct him to follow his advice in the dispute with the Starosta of Łomża. They also ask him to learn the Instigator's opinion on the Tatar sum and to ensure the lawsuit is filed. Postscripts mention the delivery of documents and messenger costs; parts of them remain unread.

Councilors of Lviv; postscripts in a different hand
To: Andrzej Wachlowicz, Doctor of Philosophy, Lviv councilor in Warsaw
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132/1/679679-02132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1695-12-05Letter from Salomon Lewkowicz to Arthur Forbes regarding the delivery of a pound of gold

Salomon Lewkowicz requests the merchant Arthur Forbes to urgently send a pound of gold via a messenger for the needs of the royal court. The author guarantees timely payment of the debt.

Salomon Lewkowicz, Jew
To: Arthur Forbes ("Noble Sir Forbes", on the address label: "[...] Noble Sir [Arthur?] Forbes, merchant of Kraków")
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132/1/679679-001132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1695-12-05Salomon Lewkowicz to Arthur Forbes regarding the sending of a pound of gold

Salomon Lewkowicz addresses an urgent request to Arthur Forbes to hand over a pound of gold to a messenger for the needs of the royal court. At the same time, the author guarantees the recipient certain and prompt payment for the entrusted bullion.

Salomon Lewkowicz
To: Arthur Forbes
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132/1/690690-001132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1735-05-29Colonel Libiszewski to the Hospodar of Moldavia regarding the imprisoned warlord Werłan

Colonel Libiszewski, acting on behalf of the Voivode of Łęczyca and Starosta of Bełz, requests the Hospodar of Moldavia to keep the warlord Werłan Wołoszyn in strict confinement in Iași. He presents a list of his crimes (raids, the looting of Mohylów, murders, and the plundering of noble estates from Zamość to Brody) and announces the imminent arrival of an official requisition from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

J. Libiszewski, Colonel
To: Hospodar of Moldavia [Grigore II Ghica] ('Most Illustrious My Prince Hospodar of the Moldavian Lands')
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132/1/832832-001132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1691-07-10Letter from Charles Paip to Arthur Forbes regarding financial settlements

Charles Paip informs Arthur Forbes about the difficulties in collecting debts from Jewish debtors in Lviv and about the preparation and transfer of 2500 coins of current currency via a messenger. He also reports the deduction of expenses and announces his imminent departure for Gdańsk.

Charles Paip
To: Mr Arthur Forbes
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132/1/925925-001132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1686-11-23Letter from Maciej Regulski to the Lwów Magistrate regarding a trial before the Radom Tribunal

Maciej Kazimierz Regulski informs the authorities of Lwów about the suspension of the city's case against the Royal Treasury before the Radom Tribunal and its referral to the 'rejecta' (rejection/review). He declares his continued handling of the case, recommends sending a plenipotentiary, and proposes the support of the jurist Noszkiewicz.

Maciej Kazimierz Regulski ("Maciey Kaz: Regulski")
To: Burgomaster and councilors of the city of Lwów ("Moim wielce Mściwym Panom Jchmciom Panom Burmistrzowi y Raycom Miasta Jkmci Lwowa")
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132/1/969969-003132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1759-07-10Letter from Castellan Józef Siemieński to the Lviv Magistrate regarding Lewek's tenement house

Lviv Castellan Józef Siemieński intervenes with the Lviv authorities regarding the Jew Lewek, who was forced by a commission decree to vacate a purchased tenement house. He points out that the previous owner should return the money paid for the property to Lewek.

Józef Siemieński, Castellan of Lviv (signature: Józef Siemieński K. L. mp)
To: Magistrate of the city of Lviv (address: Praenobilibus ac Spectabilibus Dnis [...] Praesidenti, Consulibus, Proconsulibus Totiusque Magistratui Civitatis metropoleos Leopolien[sis])
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132/1/11061106-001132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1687-08-18Letter from Krzysztof Cytwarowski to Artur Forbes regarding a trade credit

Krzysztof Cytwarowski sends Artur Forbes a promissory note guaranteed by Donik Axetowicz and requests a credit shipment of broadcloth and other fabrics worth 500 lion thalers. He commits to settling the debt by St. James's Day in 1688, declaring that he will obtain the funds from cattle trading.

Krzysztof Cytwarowski
To: Artur Forbes (in the text: Mr. Forbes)
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132/1/11211121-028132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1759-09-09Szczęsny Czacki to the Lviv Magistrate regarding the Lewko Zyszkielowicz tenement house

Szczęsny Czacki intercedes with the Lviv authorities on behalf of the Jew Lewko Zyszkielowicz, who, following a ban on residing on municipal land, cannot find a buyer for the Kasztelowska tenement house. The Crown Cup-bearer appeals for assistance in its sale or for a fair buyout of the property.

Szczęsny Czacki, Crown Cup-bearer
To: Prænobili Nobilibus ac Spectabilibus Proconsuli Consulibus Totiq[ue] Magistratui Civitatis Sacræ Regiæ M[ajes]ttis Leopoli[ensis] Amicis honorandis
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132/1/11211121-068132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1759-09-08Letter from Szczęsny Czacki to the Lviv Magistrate regarding the tenement house of the Jew Lewek Lyskielowicz

Szczęsny Czacki intercedes with the Lviv authorities on behalf of the Jew Lewek Lyskielowicz, who is unable to reside in the purchased Kasztelańska tenement house or sell it. He appeals to the magistrate for assistance in finding a buyer or purchasing the property at a fair price.

Szczęsny Czacki, Crown Cupbearer
To: Magistrate of the city of Lviv (Praenobiles ac Spectabiles Amici honorandi / Praenobili Nobilibus ac Spectabilibus Proconsuli Consulibus Totiq[ue] Magistratui Civitatis Sacrae Regiae Maiestatis Leopoliensis)
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