Digital SourcesAI-assisted archival digitisation project

132/1/507 · 507-029

Commercial letter to Robert Forbes dated 8 May 1692

The letter to Robert Forbes discusses the transport and accounting of goods. The sender refers to shipped items, their cost or value, and further commercial arrangements. Goods names and the account are partly illegible. Page 57 is the outer address-bearing reverse with a seal.

AI-assisted edition. Working partial reading of a letter. The date and addressee are visible; commercial details remain partly illegible. Readings must be checked against the original.

Translation / modern text

The letter of 8 May 1692 to Robert Forbes concerns the transport and accounting of a consignment. Details of the goods and amounts cannot be read with confidence. Page 57 contains the address-bearing reverse with a seal.

Original wording — transcription

[PDF s. 56, nagłówek:] [—], den 8 May a° 1692. Herrn Robert Forbes. [Wiadomość o przesyłce i rozliczeniu; widoczne wzmianki o ilościach/towarach i opłatach, lecz szczegóły niepewne.] [Podpis:] Ferdinand Engelhardt [odczyt prawdopodobny]. [PDF s. 57:] zewnętrzne odwrocie z adresem do Lwowa i śladem pieczęci; brak dodatkowego tekstu listu.

Reading notes

PDF p. 56 begins a letter dated 8 May 1692, and p. 57 is its outer address leaf. The earlier inventory assigned one letter to pp. 55–57, but the scan of p. 55 contains two Polish copies, which are listed separately.
Report a transcription error

Quote the passage and suggest a correction. Your report concerns this document.

Original scan

132/1/507 · preview starts at PDF page 56

Open PDF scanDownload PDF

If the preview does not load or is too small on your phone, open the PDF directly.