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King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, at the request of the seniors of the Armenian nation, confirms the 1661 privilege of John II Casimir, which equated the city of Lwów and its citizens of Roman Catholic, Armenian, and Greek rites in rights and prerogatives with Kraków and Wilno. The burghers of Lwów obtain and retain noble rights, including the right to participate in royal elections, acquire landed estates, and parliamentary representation.

Józef Mniszek, Starosta of Sanok, declares his obedience to the orders of the Voivode of Ruthenia, Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski, and addresses the issue of the publication and the date of the sejmik universal. He concludes the correspondence with expressions of respect and brotherly kindness.

The document regulates the organization, rights, and duties of a united guild of multiple crafts in Uhnów, modeled on the guild laws of Lublin, and contains subsequent 18th-century confirmations by successive hereditary owners of the town.

Archbishop of Lviv Wojciech Koryciński approves and erects the foundation of the chancellorship and the Giedziński canonry at the Lviv Cathedral, established by Suffragan Jerzy Giedziński. The benefice was endowed with an annual rent secured on the estates of Bolechów, Zawadka, and other properties of the founder.

Colonel Andrzej Modrzewski assures the authorities of Lwów that the Voivode of Kraków has ordered his Wallachian banner to leave the suburbs, as he does not intend to seek justice at the expense of poor inhabitants. He also explains that the matter of the dispute and insults from the Starosta of Lwów and Mr. Samocki has been referred to a royal commission for resolution.

King Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki approves the consent of the Lwów Starosta, Jan Mniszek, which regulates the status of non-guild shoemakers (partacze) within the castle jurisdiction and their affiliation with the municipal shoemakers' guild. The document authorizes the confiscation of non-guild products, mandates the sale of footwear exclusively in municipal stalls, and establishes the conditions for admitting craftsmen into the guild.

King Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki approves the statutes and existing rights of the carpenters' guild of the city of Lviv, transuming the privilege of King Stephen Báthory from 1585. The act strengthens the guild organization and the craft regulations of the Lviv carpenters.

François Mollo sends Prince Konstanty Sobieski expressions of deep sorrow and sympathy regarding the death of King John III. He assures him of his unwavering loyalty to the Sobieski family, sends a report published in the attached newspaper, and requests continued patronage.

The document commemorates the restoration of a tin weather vane in the shape of a lion, the city's coat of arms, to the tower of the Lwów town hall after it was knocked down during a storm in the period of wartime turmoil. It outlines the dramatic sieges and disasters of Lwów, offers thanksgiving for salvation, and provides a detailed list of the city's authorities, guilds, and clergy at the time.

Konstancja Mądrawiczówna recounts in detail the history of legal disputes and favorable royal decrees guaranteeing the Dominican nuns' rights to the Kampian family property. She demands that the addressee promptly settle the damages on the disputed lands under threat of filing an official protest.

Marchiò de Betta di Giera, being a debtor to Giovanni Gera of Candide for the sum of 300 lire, sells him property from his paternal inheritance to satisfy the debt, with the right of redemption within eight years. Until the repayment, the debtor undertakes to pay an annual rent of 6% of that amount.

Dymitr Morgan sends Artur Forbes samples of materials and requests the import of specific types of cloth in various colors, including dark crimson, flesh-colored, and purple. The letter concludes with greetings and wishes for good health.

King John III Sobieski confirms the privilege of Sigismund Augustus from 1572 (transumed by kings John Casimir and Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki), which equalized the Greek Rite burghers and suburbanites of Lviv with Roman Catholic burghers in terms of municipal, guild, and commercial rights. The document guarantees them, among other things, access to municipal offices, freedom of trade and crafts, and the right to acquire real estate in Lviv.

Józef Mordoszowicz informs Artur Forbes about the possibility of collecting a debt from Jewish merchants from Leszno and about the serious illness of one of them, Moszko. He presents the difficulties with repayments and trade in goods, and asks for urgent forwarding of commercial correspondence to Jarosław and Leszno.

During the coronation sejm in Kraków, King John III Sobieski solemnly confirms and renews all old and new rights, privileges, immunities, and liberties of the city of Lwów, its magistrate, and inhabitants of all rites. The document specifically confirms, among others, the equalization of Lwów with Kraków and Wilno, the staple right, the right of escheat (kaduk), jurisdiction over churches and hospitals, and the exemption of burghers from commission and castle courts.

King John III Sobieski confirms the consent of the Starosta of Lviv, Jan Mniszek, from 1668, granting Basil and Helena Ferensowicz the right to the Sopronczowski plot in the Krakowskie Suburb of Lviv. The document allows the couple to erect a building and a brewery in exchange for paying an annual rent to the castle treasury.

Crown Referendary Jan Andrzej Morsztyn informs the authorities of Lviv that the Queen has set the date of his wedding with Catherine Gordon for April 27, 1659. He requests the dispatch of a municipal delegate to the wedding ceremony, declaring his constant favor and readiness to perform services for the city.

Adam Piaskowski, administrator sede vacante of the Lviv Archdiocese, adjudicated a disputed pond and land for a mill on the Ostróżanka River near Maleczkowice to the Hospital of St. Stanislaus in the Lviv Suburb, prohibiting Bernard Wieniawski from making claims or violating the property. The document also contains a report on the commissioner's introduction of the hospital's provisor into possession of the disputed pond.

Stanisław Morsztyn reports on the misery of the officers and soldiers of the regiment stationed in Okopy Świętej Trójcy and the lack of response from the monarch to a previous petition. He addresses Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski with an urgent request to borrow one thousand zlotys to save them, pledging to repay the debt punctually in Warsaw.

King John III Sobieski transumes and confirms the previous privileges of Kings John II Casimir and Władysław IV, as well as the 1621 by-law of the Lwów City Council regulating the organization of the joint guild of Lwów brewers, maltsters, and mead-makers. The document also introduces a strict prohibition on non-guild production of beer, malt, and mead in the suburbs and jurisdictions surrounding Lwów, under penalty of confiscation and imprisonment.

August Fryderyk Moszyński denies rumors that Prussian officers are conducting recruitment in Lwów, explaining that his two trusted men are operating there to seek volunteers for his service. The author asks the addressee not to hinder them and to provide support if necessary.

King John III Sobieski approves and transumes earlier privileges granted by Polish kings and the owners of Jaworów, the Górka brothers, regulating the structure, craft articles, and organization of the Jaworów furriers' guild.

Wojciech Muldorfus informs his brother-in-law, Wojciech Zimnicki, about matters related to the execution of testamentary legacies and the foundation of the mansionaries, while requesting news from Lviv and Constantinople. He also reports on placing the student entrusted to his care in the Zamość school and organizing his further education.

King John III Sobieski preserves and strengthens the rights of Iwan and Maksym Szurmin, Iwan Paszenicowy, and Iwan Borkowy to the wybraniecki hide in the village of Hubicze in the Drohobycz starosta district. The document exempts them from burdensome duties, while imposing the obligation to provide and equip one soldier for the wybraniecka infantry.

The Lviv Metropolitan Chapter grants the miller Józef Hryzel, his wife Ewa, and one designated descendant a life lease of the Stachirowski mill in the Krakowskie Suburb of Lviv. In return, the tenants commit to paying an annual rent of 200 Polish zlotys and maintaining and repairing the mill buildings and equipment at their own expense.

Wojciech Miaskowski sends the Lviv councilors a sum of 1043 red zlotys and small coins belonging to the Crown Deputy Chancellor, requesting a receipt. He asks for the urgent transfer of these funds, along with correspondence, to Father Trzebiński in Warsaw.

Archbishop of Lviv Konstanty Lipski confirms and renews the erection of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament at the Lviv Cathedral, transuming the approval document of Apostolic Nuncio Opizio Pallavicini from 1681. He grants the confraternity statutes, jurisdictional powers for its confessors, and a forty-day indulgence for performing specific pious practices.

King John III Sobieski appoints the Lwów burgher Albert Mielczewski as Royal Typographer, granting him the right to operate a printing house and freely sell Latin and Ruthenian books throughout the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The document grants him privileges equal to those of printers in Kraków, Vilnius, and Gdańsk, and further exempts his printing house from municipal taxes and his home from military quartering.

King John III Sobieski extends royal protection to Greek merchants, shielding them from oppression and unlawful claims by the Lviv interpreter Wartana Szymonowicz, who used a fraudulently obtained privilege. The monarch orders a halt to all harassment of the merchants at trade fairs until the case is finally resolved before the royal court.

Jerzy Gabriel Nieszporowski thanks the Lviv city councilors for the favor shown to him through Mr. Hreczyna and assures them that his previous letter did not stem from greed. He declares his continued devotion, friendship, and readiness to serve the city.

Pope Innocent XI grants the chapter and capitular canons of the Metropolitan Church of Lviv an indult allowing the permanent use of a violet cappa magna with a train and hood, as well as a rochet, during all public and private liturgical and capitular functions. The document was entered into the capitular acts with the approval of the Archbishop of Lviv, Konstanty Lipski.

King John III Sobieski confirms the privilege of Władysław IV from 1638, securing the endowment, property boundaries, and liberties of the St. Nicholas Monastery in Bor Domaszowski. Additionally, the monarch grants the Basilians the right to freely elect their hegumen annually on the Ruthenian New Year.

B. Nowosielecki requests the Ruthenian Voivode Jan Jabłonowski to pay the promised money for ceded and mortgaged estates. He also informs about consultations regarding an inventory and asks his protector not to allow his financial ruin.

King John III Sobieski confirms the privilege of Sigismund III Vasa from 1612, which contains the confirmation of the statutes of the Lwów surgeons' guild from 1611. The document regulates the admission and examination of new masters, the rights of widows, the duties of journeymen and apprentices, and the prohibition of unauthorized competition by non-guild members (partacze).

Lviv Suffragan Zachariasz Nowoszycki describes the ceremonial entry of the new Archbishop into Lviv, the numerous feasts for the city councilors and Armenians, as well as the state of renovation works in the Archbishop's residence and disputes within the chapter. In the letter, he also asks Zimnicki, who is staying in Warsaw, to purchase Indian cloth and reports on the health of his wife.

King John III Sobieski approves the 1687 ordinance of the Lwów magistrate for the local surgeons' guild. The document defines the rules for admitting masters, sets their fixed number at sixteen, and prohibits Jewish surgeons from treating Christians.

Archbishop of Lviv Konstanty Lipski erects and approves an altary at the chapel of the councilors (literati) in the Lviv Archcathedral, founded from the testamentary bequest of councilor Stanisław Majdeszewicz in the amount of 10,000 Polish zlotys secured on the Jelonkowska tenement house. The document defines the liturgical duties of the beneficiary, the settlement of the annual rent, and grants the right of patronage to Tomasz Belli and Michał Boim, and after them, to the city council of Lviv.

Albert Nosowski, a student in Krakow, sends New Year's greetings to the authorities of Lviv and expresses his gratitude for their generosity and patronage, which enables his studies. He simultaneously requests continued kindness and financial assistance for the duration of his university education.

Lviv Archbishop Konstanty Lipski approves and erects the foundation of Zofia Kłuńska (née Wydżga) in the amount of 10,000 Polish zlotys, secured on the estates of Andrzej Szymonowicz. The income from this capital was designated for the celebration of Masses of the Passion of the Lord with musical accompaniment, as well as for the illumination of the Holy Trinity altar and the crucifix in the Lviv Cathedral.

The President of Lviv, Józef Kuszyński, submits to the councilors a request from the Commissioner of the Lviv Land for a loan of one hundred red zlotys from the shilling tax for the purpose of bringing the Radom scribe to execute a tribunal decree. The Lviv councilors express their opinions, mostly in favor of granting the loan provided that a suitable guarantee for its repayment is obtained.