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132/1/473 · 473-001

Request for an accounting and settlement of obligations to Lviv creditors

The German-speaking sender addresses the Lviv magistrate about accounts, creditors, and sums due. He presents arguments concerning earlier agreements and asks for the matter to be considered fairly. The text is difficult to read; the addition on p. 3 bears a separate postmark dated 17 September, but appears to be a postscript to the letter, not a separate letter.

AI-assisted edition. Partial transcription and working translation; the text is difficult paleographically and requires further collation. Readings must be checked against the original.

Translation / modern text

[Partial translation.] [Postmark:] Year 1646, [11?] September, [Augsburg?]. Most noble Lords [of the Lviv magistrate] … The sender writes about his creditors, debt, and settlement of the amounts due. He refers to earlier agreements and asks the magistrate to decide the matter fairly. The individual arguments and sums are too poorly legible to reconstruct safely. [Addition/postscript? dated 17 September:] the following text is uncertain. [Address:] To … Lords … of the royal city of Lviv [the expansion of the address is uncertain].

Original wording — transcription

[Odczyt częściowy, pisownia w przybliżeniu zachowana.] [Datownik:] Anno 1646, [11?] Septemb: in [Augusten?]. Hochwohlgeborne … [Anrede an die Herren des Magistrats der Stadt Lemberg] … … von meinen … Creditoren … [Schulden / Zahlung] … … der Magistrat … [soll] die Sache … billig … entscheiden … [Weitere Abschnitte auf s.2–3 słabo czytelne; tekst dotyczy wierzycieli, długu/rozliczenia i prośby o rozstrzygnięcie.] [Postscriptum? datowane:] den 17 Septemb[er]. … [Adres na złożonej karcie, s.4:] Meinen … Herren … der Königlichen Stadt Lemberg … [pozostała część adresu niepewna].

Reading notes

Pp. 2–3 are textually connected: p. 3 continues the text, and below it is a postmark dated 17 September and a short addition/P.S.; it has not been separated as another letter. The main letter is tentatively dated 11 September 1646. Augsburg is a possible but uncertain reading of the place; the manuscript may contain another name. The signature does not yield a certain surname. P. 4 is the address on the folded sheet, not a second copy of the letter.
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