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Letter from Aleksander Fiałkowski to Jan Jabłonowski regarding the solicitation of the Chamberlain of Przemyśl

Alexander Fiałkowsky Jan Jabłonowski, Voivode of Volhynia (according to inventory)
13 Aprilis 1697

Aleksander Fiałkowski reports to Jan Jabłonowski on his efforts to win over and maintain the Chamberlain of Przemyśl for the interests of the Jabłonowski family, promising him, among other things, a horse from the Voivode of Kraków. He also mentions parliamentary matters and a financial assignment for Czarniecki.

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Translation / modern text

[P. 2] 13 April 1697 Most Illustrious and Most Gracious Lord and Benefactor, While offering my dutiful, most humble respects to you, my Benefactor, I simultaneously submit the instruction of the co[...]. And just as I dedicate my service to Your Grace, my Benefactor, with due reverence, so in proving my zeal, I have not ceased to urge His Grace the Chamberlain of Przemyśl toward a constant [...] and to maintain an unwavering declaration in favor of the affairs of Your Grace, my Benefactor, and His Grace, my Lord and Benefactor, when partisans were striving hard to pull him to their side. I also assured His Grace, my Benefactor, with kindness, that through the agency of Your Grace, my Benefactor, it will achieve a favorable turn and result without further [...] [P. 3] He hinted about a horse, whether he might receive it by the grace of His Grace, the Lord of Kraków; I promised him to arrange this through the mediation of Your Grace, my Benefactor, so that he might maintain a constant and strong friendship for the interests of the House of Your Grace, my Lord and Benefactor. Your Grace, my Lord and Benefactor, will do a great [...] when he now, for parliamentary reasons [...] from the renunciation of the starosta office on the hetman's [...]. He also showed heart to Czarniecki himself with an assignment for [fifteen?] thousand. My Benefactor, to consult with Your Grace, my Benefactor, about the disposition for the future time. Meanwhile, may Your Grace, my Benefactor, [...] to all [...] and servants, with whom I also, turning to the feet of Your Grace, my Benefactor, with affections, remain Your Grace, my Lord and Benefactor's, devoted and humble servant Aleksander Fiałkowski

Original wording — transcription

[S. 2] 13 Aprilis 1697 Iasnie Wielmozny M[oś]cie M[oj] Wielce M[oś]ci Dobrodzieiu Przy oddaniu powinniey mey humillim[am] Sam[em]u y Dobrodziejowi observantiey, oraz prezentuię Instrukcyą dw[...]e. A iako comurata pietate przykł[adam?] słuzbę W[aszej] M[ości] Dobrodziejowi, tak dowodny moię dyskrecyą nieprzestałem solicitowac J[ego] M[o]sci Podkomorzego Przemyskiego do statecznego a ko[nca?] y do dotrzymania nieodmienney kontestatiey do Interessow W[aszej] M[ości] Dobrodzieia y J[ego] M[ana] Dobrodzieia, kiedy caliend[?] particu- larowie na swoię gorzeli nahaniac go stronę, vpewniłem tak y z affektem J[ego] M[ana] Dobrodzieia, ze przez Wam[ości] Dobro- dzieia odbierze eventum et effectum bez dilszych [...] [S. 3] przymowił sie o konia gdybym mogł miec z łaski JmP Kra- kowskiego, obiecałem mu to sprawic przez Inwersyfiką WM Dobrodzieia a zeby stateczną et firmam przyjazn trzymał Interessow Domu Wam[ości] M[ego] P[ana] y Dobrodzieiow. Wielką Wam[ości] M[y] Pan y Dobrodziey vczynisz tęż[?], kiedy go teraz motyw Poselskim [...] z rezygnancyey sta- ro[stwa?] na Hetmanskim [...]. Wydał tez serce Sam Czarn[ieck]iemu assignatą na [piętnaście?] tysięcy. Moy Do- brodzieiu sadzic z WM Dobrodzieiom o dalszy czas dyspozycyą. Tym czasem faworow Wam[ości] Dobrodziey [...] do wszy[stkich?] [...] y sługi, z ktorą y ya do nozek Panskich WM Dobrodzieia odzywaiąc sie z affektow zostaię W[aszej] M[ości] M[ego] Pana y Dobrodzieia zyczliwym y vsluznym sługą Alexander Fiałkowsky

Reading notes

Cursive script, in places the ink is faded or bleeding through from the other side. Year and day date at the top of p. 2: '13 Aprilis 1697'. No address leaf (letter written on a single folded sheet, pp. 2–3). Recipient identified in the header by the title 'Jasnie Wielmozny Mscie...', identified in the inventory as Jan Jabłonowski, then Voivode of Volhynia. The text mentions 'JmP Krakowskim' (likely Hetman Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski, Castellan of Kraków, the recipient's father).

Scope of the edition: Automatic transcription (15.10.2026), not verified against the original by a human; illegible fragments marked [...].

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