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Certificate of completion of merchant apprenticeship issued by Carl Lorenz Wewer for Johann Nikolaus Bosewitz

Carl Lorenz Wewer, burgher merchant and trader in the Royal Prussian mediatized town of Bauerwitz in the Duchy of Silesia Johann Nikolaus Bosewitz, native of Polnisch Neukirch, district of Cosel
den 3ten January des Ein Tausend Siebenhundert Neunzig Achten Jahr · Bauerwitz (Baborów)

Merchant Carl Lorenz Wewer from Baborów certifies that Johann Nikolaus Bosewitz has completed his five-year apprenticeship in the spice trade and releases him from his years of service. The issuer attests to the diligence, loyalty, and discretion of the trained apprentice.

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Translation / modern text

By virtue of this present letter of release from apprenticeship, Carl Lorenz Wewer, burgher merchant and trader in the Royal Prussian mediatized town of Bauerwitz in the Duchy of Silesia, certifies publicly, and especially where it may be required, that the bearer of this document, the honest Johann Nikolaus Bosewitz, native of Polnisch Neukirch in the district of Cosel, served his apprenticeship in my spice trade for five years, conducting himself during this time in commercial matters diligently, faithfully, and discreetly, for which reason I have not hesitated to release him, Johann Nikolaus Bosewitz, according to his merits, from his years of apprenticeship, and also to grant him a fully good testimonial of his impeccable conduct and to commit myself to certifying this under all circumstances. Which I confirm with my own signature and the impression of my usual seal. Done in Bauerwitz on the 3rd of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight. [Seal:] [impression of a signet seal in red wax] Carl Lorenz Wewer [Verso:] [At the top an ink stamp, in the bottom left corner a small attached note:] ф. 131, № 854. / 1798 р.

Original wording — transcription

In Krafft dieses ausgefertigten Lehrbriefs urkundet Carl Lorenz Wewer Burgerlicher Kauf und Handelsmann in der Königl[ichen] Preuß[ischen] MEDIAT Stadt Bauerwitz im Herzogthum Schlesien öffentlich, insonderheit aber wo es von nöthen ist, daß Vorzeiger dieses der Ehrbahre Johann Nikolaus Bosewitz gebürtig aus Polnisch Neukirch Kosler Kreises, in meiner SPECEREI Handlung Fünf Jahr in der Lehre gewesen, sich während dieser Zeit in den Handlungsgeschäften fleiß, getreu und verschwiegen verhalten, weßwegen ich keinen Anstandt genommen Ihme Johann Nikolaus Bosewitz nach Verdiensten von seinen Lehr Jahren freyzusprechen, auch Ihme von seinen Wohlverhalten ein vollomen gutes Zeugniß gebe, und in allen Fällen zuerwiedern mich verbinde. Umwelches mit Eigenhändiger Unterschrift und beigedrückten gewöhnlichen Insiegel bestättige. So geschehe zu Bauerwitz den 3t. January des Ein Tausend Siebenhundert Neunzig Achten Jahr [Pieczęć:] [odcisk pieczęci sygnetowej w czerwonym laku] Carl Lorenz Wewer [Verso:] [U góry pieczątka tuszowa, w lewym dolnym rogu doklejona karteczka:] ф. 131, № 854. / 1798 р.

Reading notes

Guild/commercial document (Lehrbrief – certificate of release from merchant apprenticeship) written on parchment. The sheet is decorated with a rich copperplate border featuring military motifs and the Prussian eagle at the top, figures of Mercury, Fortuna, and Justice on the sides, and a port scene with cargo handling at the bottom. Below the text is the original signature of the issuer and a red wax seal.

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