Translation / modern text
[P. 19]
In Baszków, 12 June 1702
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My Most Illustrious, My Dear, My Benefactor!
Though my congratulations are late, they are heart-felt and precede all moments, wishing you the very best, or while remaining in their excellence, offering the same for sincere [...]
[P. 20]
[...] the road from Szczecin and so I wait for nothing else but news of whether His Grace the Podstoli will be in Warsaw and where I might be able to fall at his feet as soon as possible, at which nothing is frightening to me, that is the greatest
[P. 21]
to marry Miss Ogińska without paternal consent. I was there and managed to ensure that they come here to me [...] he was sent back to his father. But about this, My Benefactor, an oral conversation is needed, but he will not stop in Rymanów now.
[P. 22]
Why I am sending this so late to His Grace, my Benefactor, the reason is the Wrocław road, which is very fast. As for the Starosta of Warsaw, his father sent to me with great pleas that I release him from this obligation of his, because he was to go straight to Rymanów and there
[P. 23]
and the successful prosperity of His Grace, my Benefactor. And having written all this from the bottom of my heart, I now announce what is happening to us. I was to go to Warsaw, when news reaches me from [...] from my husband, that the Swedes are marching to Warsaw and it is dangerous, and here for us
[P. 24]
the danger to my health, that is not to be held, I renew my wishes, with which I am His Grace, my Benefactor's heart-loving sister and most humble servant,
Anna Leszczyńska
Original wording — transcription
[S. 19]
w Baszkowie 12 Jun 1702
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Jasnie Oswiecony Moy M[oś]ci
Kochany Mci Dobrodzieiu
Ręko nie rychłe powinno-
wanie ale sercem uprzedza-
iące wszystkie momenty ktu-
re naylepsze życzyć może lub
na ich wyborności trwaiąc
te same ofiaruie za rdzenne [?]
[S. 20]
[...]miemi drogą od szczecina y tak
czekam żadnego inszego iedno na
doniesienie ieżeli JM M[iłościwy] Pan Podstoli
bedzie w warszawie y gdzie będę
mogła iako nayprędzey upaść
do nug Jego przy kturych nic
mi nie iest strasznego to naywiększe
[S. 21]
szlub wziąc W. Oginsko bez
woli oycowskiey byłam tedy
y tylem sprawiła że tu
do mnie przyieżdżaią
go odsyłano do Oyca ale
o tem Moy Mci Dobrodzieiu
trzeba ustney rozmowy
ale teraz nie wstąpi do
Rymanowa
[S. 22]
dla czego tak nie rychło
wysyłam do JM MPana
Dobrodzieia okazia iest
droga wrocławska bardzo
pręntka z strony P[ana] Starosty
Warszawskiego Oyciec do
mnie przysłał z wielkiemi
prozbami żebym go wy-
damnowała z tego iego en-
gażement bo prosto miał
iechać do Rymanowa y tam
[S. 23]
y szcześliwe JM MPana
Dobrodzieia powodzenie
et ce tout du fond du coeur
napisawszy teraz oznay-
muię co sie znami dzieie
miałam iechać do warszawy
kiedy mię nowiny zachodzo
iuz z Kamptzel [?] od JM mego że
szwedzi do warszawy idą
y niebespieczno y tu nam
[S. 24]
niebespieczenstwo zdrowia
mego toć tego nie trzymać
życ publikuię z kturą iestem
JM MPana Do-
brodzieia z serca
kochaiącą siostra
y nayniższą sługo
Anna Leszczynska
Reading notes
The page layout in the PDF file reflects the mechanical scanning of individual leaves (13r, 13v, 14r, 14v, 15r, 15v). The logical reading order of the text, resulting from the structure of the bifolia and the continuity of sentences, is: p. 19 -> p. 23 -> p. 22 -> p. 21 -> p. 20 -> p. 24. The inventory incorrectly read the date as '6 July / туба' – on p. 19 it clearly states 'w Baszkowie 12 Jun 1702'. The recipient is addressed as 'Jasnie Oswiecony' (Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski held the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire). Signature on p. 24: 'kochaiącą siostra (...) Anna Leszczynska'. Mentioned are the author's husband Rafał Leszczyński ('JM mego') and her brother Aleksander Jan Jabłonowski, the Crown Podstoli ('JM Pan Podstoli').
Other letters in this unit
- Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding her son's baptism and health
- Anna Leszczyńska née Jabłonowska to Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding domestic troubles
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski while awaiting her sister-in-law's childbirth
- Letter from Anna Katarzyna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding a meeting
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding reconciliation with the Queen
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding the Swedish threat
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski with well-wishes and expressions of longing
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski pleading for reconciliation
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding the nobility's hostility towards the court
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Jabłonowski regarding domestic worries and misfortunes
- Anna Jabłonowska to Jan Jabłonowski regarding Swedish unrest and the recommendation of a servant
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Jabłonowski regarding health issues and travel plans
- Letter from Anna Jabłonowska to Jan Jabłonowski requesting the return of a friend
- Anna Katarzyna Leszczyńska to Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding political and family matters
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding longing and gossip
- Anna Katarzyna Leszczyńska to Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding her despair and journey
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Jabłonowski regarding false suspicions
