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Partial commercial letter from Lemberg, 1689-08-21

A German-language commercial letter concerning accounts and financial obligations. It refers to sums, but the difficult hand does not permit a reliable reconstruction of the full account or precise request.

AI-assisted edition. Working partial reading and translation; dateline legible, financial details and signature uncertain. Readings must be checked against the original.

Translation / modern text

This is a partly legible commercial letter from Lemberg. References to accounts and sums are visible, but the exact amounts owed or request cannot be established reliably. The date comes from the letter’s own dateline; the folded, sealed address sheet belongs to the same document.

Original wording — transcription

[PDF s. 8, datownik:] „Lemberg, 21 Augusti 1689”. [Odczyt częściowy:] niemiecki wywód handlowy z odniesieniami do rozliczeń/kwot; tekst jest miejscami zbyt trudny do odczytania, by ustalić szczegóły należności lub prośby. [Podpis:] formuła grzecznościowa; podpis odczytywany niepewnie jako Fabian Böhm(er). [PDF s. 9, karta adresowa:] adres do „Herrn … Zorbes” [odczyt niepewny], złożona karta z pieczęcią.

Reading notes

The archival cover on PDF p. 1 gives a date range for the archival unit and was not used to date these letters. Dates were taken from the letters’ own datelines. These are the fourth and fifth letters in the unit; each has its own address sheet.
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