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Lwów prisoners from Kamieniec inform the magistrate about their difficult situation and ask for material help and to be ransomed from captivity.
Title: Polish adaptation of the TsDIAL inventory description.
Entry from the TsDIAL inventory, quoted verbatim (OCR reading):
[Polish; translation pending] lwowskich zalożnywiw · [Polish; translation pending] Із риє / 26 kwietnia / 1673
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132/1/1202
15 Decembris 1672
Edition available · check statusAndrzey Szymonowicz, Gabriel Bernatowicz, Franciszek Grechucki, Stephan Ławryszewicz, Piotr Affendyk, Andreas Dobrzański, Edward Menoken [?], Jakub Jaskierowicz (Lviv hostages) → Proconsul, Consuls and the entire Commonalty of the City of Lviv (Nobilibus Spectabilibus Honoratis ac Famatis Dominis Dominis Proconsuli Consulibus totiq[ue] Communitati Ciuitatis Leopolien[sis] Dominis ac Patronis obseruandis)
Lviv hostages imprisoned in Kamianets-Podilskyi complain about the lack of means of subsistence and the indifference of the city authorities. Faced with threats of torture and enemy invasion, they beg for the urgent sending of money and the fulfillment of the ransom conditions.
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11 Maia 1673
Edition available · check statusObsides of the City of Lviv (Lviv hostages) → Proconsul, Consuls, Jurors and the entire Commonalty of the City of Lviv (Nobilibus Spectabilibus Honoratis ac Famatis Dominis Proconsuli Consulibus Scabinis totiq[ue] Communitati Ciuitatis Leopolien[sis] Dominis ac Patronis obseruandis)
Hostages from Lviv staying in Kamianets-Podilskyi complain to the city authorities about the lack of funds for food, the necessity of paying the Ottoman garrison, and delays in the repayment of incurred debts. They urge the immediate transfer of the necessary sums and the taking of effective measures for their prompt release.
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26 Junii 1673
Edition available · check statusObsides of the City of Lviv (Lviv hostages) → Proconsul, Consuls, Jurors and the entire Commonalty of the City of Lviv (Nobilibus Spectabilibus Honoratis ac Famatis Dominis Dominis Proconsuli Consulibus Scabinis totiq[ue] Communitati Ciuitatis Leopolien[sis] Dominis ac Patronis obseruandis)
Lviv hostages staying in Kamianets-Podilskyi dramatically describe their destitution, loss of credit, and the threat of enemy retaliation due to delays in payment of their obligations. They beg the Lviv authorities to send money for their current maintenance, to take care of their families, and to take urgent steps to secure their release.
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