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5 documents · Fonds 131 and 132

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132/1/265265-04132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1692-03-31Letter from Robert Bell to Arthur Forbes regarding the Queen's privilege in Jarosław

Robert Bell reports from Lviv about the resistance of the Jarosław magistrate to recognizing the Queen's privilege and their attempts to undermine it at the royal court. He asks Forbes to intervene with the starosta and announces that he will remain on-site to observe further developments.

R[obert] Bell
To: M[r] Arthur Forbes
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132/1/265265-02132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1685-03-24Letter from Robert Bell to Arthur Forbes regarding the arrest of goods

Robert Bell requests Arthur Forbes to maintain the arrest on disputed goods in Leipzig and to withhold their release to Mr. West until his personal arrival at the end of the month. He emphasizes his financial claims and announces an imminent meeting.

Ro[bert] Bell
To: M[r] Arthure Forbes
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132/1/448448-008132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1685-05-20Textiles and unconfirmed news of an assault on a merchant

An order for textiles accompanies a rumor about the murder and robbery of a merchant on the road from Kraków to Wrocław. Gordon expresses hope that the news is untrue.

Thomas Gordon
To: Arthur Forbes
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131/1/757131-1-757-001131 — Collection of parchment documents1664-09-26Act of Archbishop Jan Tarnowski establishing the Confraternity of the Body of Christ at the church in Komarno

Archbishop of Lviv Jan Tarnowski, at the request of the local parish priest, erects and approves the Confraternity of the Most Holy Body of Christ at the parish church in Komarno. The document defines papal indulgences as well as the statutes and duties of the confraternity members, modeled on Roman and Lviv rules.

Jan Tarnowski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv, perpetual administrator of the Mogiła Abbey (Mogiła / Clara Tumba)
To: Confraternity of the Body of Christ (Most Holy Sacrament) at the parish church in Komarno (at the request of Fr. Wojciech Chęciński, Dean of Gródek, parish priest in Komarno and Nawaria)
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132/1/10351035-001132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1687-04-25Letter from William Thomson to Arthur Forbes regarding financial settlements and the dispute involving Robert Bell

William Thomson informs Arthur Forbes about the settlement of a debt with Hinrich Döring's plenipotentiary, as well as actions taken and the search for support from the Starosta of Sandomierz regarding the insults and injuries inflicted upon Robert Bell and his servants. He also mentions the payment of 50 florins on behalf of the Krakow merchant company.

William Thomson
To: Mr Arthur Forbes M[er]ch[an]t in Jaroslaw (on the address: a Rzeszow)
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