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Letter about correspondence and a consignment

Sommer replies to Forbes’s earlier message, mentions an item sent or expected, and asks for further information. Details of the correspondence are partly illegible.

AI-assisted edition. Working, partial reading; details of the consignment and correspondence are uncertain. Readings must be checked against the original.

Translation / modern text

Partly legible letter from Aleksander Sommer to Arthur Forbes. The writer refers to earlier correspondence and a consignment, but its details cannot be read with confidence. The letter is dated at Zamość on 14 April 1687.

Original wording — transcription

[Nagłówek:] „Mnie wielce Mci Panie Forbes, a Mój Mci Panie y Dobrodzieju”. [Tekst s. 2:] Odczyt częściowy. Nadawca nawiązuje do wcześniejszej wiadomości i przesyłki; wzmianki o jej zawartości i dalszym postępowaniu są miejscami niepewne. [Datowanie:] „w Zamościu d. 14 Aprilis 1687”. [Podpis:] „Aleksander Sommer”. [PDF s. 3, adres:] składana karta adresowa do Forbesa; szczegóły adresu częściowo nieczytelne.

Reading notes

Page 1 is an inventory cover and was not used to date the letter. Page 2 contains the letter; p. 3 is its folded address sheet.
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