Translation / modern text
The letter of 3 August 1597 contains a report and a request for further contact about a matter whose details cannot be read confidently. The signature/title identifies Stanisław Żółkiewski as castellan of Lviv and Crown Field Hetman.
Original wording — transcription
[PDF s. 12, formuła:] „Spectabiles et Famati Domini Amici et vicini charissimi.”
[Fragment tekstu:] „Łaskawością służby swe przyjacielskie w łaskę W.M. ...” [dalszy tekst częściowo czytelny; nie rekonstruowano całego wywodu].
[Datownik:] „3 Augusti 1597.”
[Podpis/tytuł:] Stanisław Żółkiewski; kasztelan lwowski, hetman polny koronny [tytuł odczyt częściowy].
[PDF s. 13:] odwrot arkusza z adresem i pieczęcią.
Reading notes
The date 1597-08-03 was read from the letter text on PDF p. 12. The archival cover on p. 1 gives only the date range of the whole file. The folded leaf on p. 13 is associated by its address layout and seal.
Other letters in this unit
- Partly legible Polish letter with a Latin salutation
- Partly legible Polish letter with an incomplete Latin salutation
- Partly legible Polish letter mentioning Pan Andrzej
- Partly legible Polish letter beginning “Donoszę” (“I report”)
- Partly legible Polish letter with an uncertain reference to Constantinople
- Letter dated 3 August 1597
- Letter from Lviv dated 15 July 1618
- Letter about transferring money, 2 August 1614
- Letter about a debt and a request for intervention, 15 July 1618
- Stanisław Żółkiewski to the Lviv city councilors regarding the debt of Andrzej Torosowicz
- Stanisław Żółkiewski's request to the Lviv city councilors to release the painter Bogusz from guardianship duties
- Letter about news and Constantinople, 27 April 1620
- Letter about Constantinople, 30 April 1620
- Stanisław Żółkiewski to the Lwów city councilors regarding the detention of a Jew suspected of espionage