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The sender conveys his respect and wishes the recipient a good and happy New Year. The short text is partly difficult to read. A note on the folded sheet mentions the Queen and an instruction to pass on a message, but most of its wording remains uncertain. The signature may read “Dumons.” The letter has its own date notation: Warsaw, 4 January 1703.

The sender writes in French about correspondence received, lace goods, payments, and money transfers. He mentions a bill or note and an amount read as 1,242 écus; details of the accounting are partly illegible. The signature reads Dupont. The address leaf names the Palatine and general of the Lublin voivodeship. No date was read in the letter itself.

The sender addresses a high-ranking recipient and asks for a favor or recommendation; he also mentions a petition/request and benefits received. A substantial part of the text is difficult to read. The ending contains the notation “Camorali li 11 del 1690” (partly read; month absent/illegible) and an illegible signature. No date or place has been assigned without a full reading. The address leaf mentions Palatino di Russia and Leopoli.

The surviving letter is addressed to a Most Illustrious Benefactor. The handwriting is very difficult to read in places. Visible fragments suggest requests and matters concerning correspondence and actions taken for the recipient, but the details cannot be reconstructed with confidence. The external address leaf preserves a formal form of address, while the surname and titles remain uncertain. The inventory card records that the unit was begun on 8 October 1697; this was not treated as the letter date. The note on the letter does not permit a reliable date reading.

The letter contains a merchant’s account listing two quantity-and-price entries. The recorded amounts are 17 × 23 = 391 and 36 × 19 = 684; the underlined total is 1075 (the currency is abbreviated and the reading is uncertain). The goods’ names cannot be read confidently enough to identify them. The sender also refers to earlier correspondence and the settling of an account or delivery; the remaining text is difficult to read. The heading gives Nürnberg, 9 July 1690; the address directs the letter to a merchant in Lemberg.

The sender addresses the Lviv magistrate with a petition. Readable fragments mention the chapter, Imć Bogacki, and the possibility that someone might occupy his place. The sentence is uncertain, so the particular position or matter cannot be established. The letter is dated 4 March 1756.

The writer congratulates the recipient on the king’s choice concerning the Ruthenian palatinate. He asks for support if a canonry becomes vacant in Lviv. The letter does not show that he received the benefice.

The writer recalls a declaration by the Lviv magistrate concerning the parish benefice and the anticipated opportunity to take it up after the death of Father Łozowski. The death of the dean also requires renewed consideration of the deanery and of the earlier declaration; the writer mentions a suffragan who was expected to take the deanery. The closing is addressed to the noble and distinguished gentlemen, and the signature appears to read “M. Rzewuski”. Dated Warsaw, 13 February 1763.

At the request of the Bishop of Bila Tserkva, the writer asks the Lviv magistrate to support a prelate as candidate for the parish benefice left vacant by the death of the suffragan priest. The candidate is described as an archcathedral canon with suitable birth, education, and qualities, though parts of this description are illegible. The letter repeats the request and closes with a respectful formula.

The writer addresses the recipient as “my gracious Lord and Brother”, mentions a letter from another person, and raises a matter connected with Lublin. The text says that someone “demands” something, but the surrounding passage is too illegible to identify the subject or the party making the demand. The dateline reads 9 Junii 1685 at Kamionka; the recipient’s name on the folded address is uncertain.

The sender says she was pleased that the recipient “took” the widow Małachowa, who was said to retain great affection for him. She also mentions rumors, her own intention to visit or travel, and the recipient’s affairs, but the rest is partly illegible. The signature identifies Anna as a humble servant. The closing date notation contains “Maii 1773”, but the day and place are uncertain.

The sender addresses the senators of Lviv, refers to their order and its implementation, and signals dissatisfaction or a problem in the subsequent course of the matter. The sender asks them to consider or settle it; the specific subject cannot be confidently recovered from the manuscript. The letter has no legible date. The signature may include the name Ignacy and a surname beginning “Krzysztof…”, but this reading is uncertain.

The sender acknowledges receipt of a letter concerning an “interessu do Seymiku” (the reading of the word requires caution). The remaining text refers to the course of the matter and efforts to obtain information, but details and names are illegible. The date reads “w Lwowie d. 28 Martii 1698” — Lviv, 28 March 1698.

The sender addresses a group as “Panowie” and refers to a matter presented to them. Legible fragments mention the addressees’ favor, an opinion, and the sender’s obligation; the remainder is too uncertain to identify the matter. The date line reads “w Warszawie d. 24 Aug 1684”. The signature and cover address are uncertain.

A substantial letter survives, addressed to the Crown Marshal, probably the Grand Crown Marshal, with the salutation “Most Illustrious Lord and Brother.” The archival card describes it as a letter from Adam Jabłonowski of Lachiew to the marshal with a request (the rest of that description is uncertain); the letter itself is too difficult to read to specify the request. The signature appears to read Adam Jabłonowski. The dateline reads “W Jabłonowie 16 Decembr 1696.”

The sender addresses a superior and refers to a letter received from the burgrave, connected with the depositing or accounting of dues. The sender asks the recipient to take further action or decide the matter and invokes obligations toward the recipient; some details are uncertain. The letter is dated Lviv, 18 June 1757. The cover on p. 4 is addressed to a superior.