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132/1/477 · 477-004

Letter concerning Tomasz Gordon, a citizen of Lviv

The sender writes about Tomasz Gordon, a citizen of Lviv, his origins, and his efforts to obtain the office of alderman. The sender mentions privileges and the election and rights of the nobility. The letter ends in Warsaw on 6 February 1689.

AI-assisted edition. Working partial transcription of two consecutive sheets of one letter; gaps are marked [—], and the uncertain reading of the name is explicitly noted. Readings must be checked against the original.

Translation / modern text

[Heading:] Noble and worthy sirs. The sender presents the case of Tomasz Gordon, a citizen of Lviv, and recommends him to the addressees. He writes of Gordon's aspiration to the office of alderman and asks that he be admitted to the college, although this would depart from the customary election procedure. Further details of the argument are partly illegible. The sender promises to defend the addressees’ rights and ends with a formula commending them to God. In Warsaw, 6 February 1689. [Signatures or notes at the bottom of the sheet illegible.]

Original wording — transcription

[Nagłówek:] Nobiles et Spectabiles Viri. Dziedziczne tey Rzeczypospolitey Insignie, Wielką Koroną pierwej [—] z łaski JKMci Pana mego Miłościwego conferowaną, in se do [—] z szlachetnym Tomaszem Górdanem, obywatelem Lwowskim z przystojnej ziemi, y Najjaśniejszego Domu jego mnie wielce zalec[onym], aby miał w [—] respectum. Należy dy ad Scabinatum aspirat nie byłoby jej przez [—] in quadraginta viratu. Co lubo wiem że zwyczajem [—] y Leg[is] WMM Panom jest contrari[um] transcendere gradum czterdziestu Mężów, jednak rozumiem że hoc in puncto [—] wiel[ce] swoich Praw, kiedy onego Janła na potom liber[um?] Electione nie ubl[ażając] Prawom swoim pro hac sola vice do tego Collegium przyjmiecie, y mnie to tributeto regulariter ad hunc gradum promowionego szlachetnego P. Thomaza Gordan[a] primo [—]. [ciąg dalszy na następnej karcie:] promowiere zechcecie. A ja interim ad WMM Panów gratitudines toż obiecuję, et pro munere officii mei Jura WMM Panów tuebor. A teret Ganu Bogu WMM Panom polecam y zostaję. W Warszawie dnia 6 February 1689. [Podpisy/endorsementy na dole karty są blade i niepewne: m.in. możliwe „Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff”; odczyt niepewny.]

Reading notes

The date is read from the ending on PDF p. 5: “W Warszawie dnia 6 February 1689”. Pages 4 and 5 form a continuous text: the sheet on p. 4 breaks off mid-sentence, which continues on p. 5. The notes/signatures at the bottom are too faint to identify the author with certainty.
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