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Woleński asks for the extradition of Grzegorz, a locksmith who ran away from work for the fortress and garrison in Brody. Recognized in Lwów by non-commissioned officer Tręmbecki, he is staying in the town hall prison. Date stamp 15V, cover 13V1739.

Henrykowski invites the mayor and the Lwów council to the wedding of his eldest daughter to Andrzej Łysicki [?], administrator of the Brześć Lithuanian economy. The daughter is not mentioned by name.

Announcement of the arrival of imperial troops for winter quarters. The author orders the mayors to prepare provisions and fodder before his arrival; the final clause has not been fully deciphered.

The author, tied down by his stay with General Hatzfeld [?], cannot act in person. He assures that he has asked the Crown Referendary to help the city and asks for it to be accepted with gratitude.

The stolnik renews his request to the President of Lwów for deputies to value vacant lands near the tenement house. He complains about repeated fruitless trips and the loss of time needed for his estate.

Gordon conveys news to Telier about the bankruptcy and the seizure of goods and household equipment. He questions the amount of losses reported by the goldsmith and advises a settlement.

Dalton discusses the starostas of Krasnystaw and Halych and military companies. The postscript reports an intercepted instruction and an unverified rumour that the tsar was killed during a revolt.

The sender addresses the noble sirs and mentions the appointment of the suffragan bishop of Lviv, as well as the addressees’ merits and goodwill. The manuscript is damaged and illegible in many places; the details of the matter and the names cannot be reconstructed with confidence. The letter is dated in Warsaw, 9 December 1723. The sender’s signature is illegible.

The sender addresses the senators of Lviv, refers to their order and its implementation, and signals dissatisfaction or a problem in the subsequent course of the matter. The sender asks them to consider or settle it; the specific subject cannot be confidently recovered from the manuscript. The letter has no legible date. The signature may include the name Ignacy and a surname beginning “Krzysztof…”, but this reading is uncertain.

The sender acknowledges receipt of a letter concerning an “interessu do Seymiku” (the reading of the word requires caution). The remaining text refers to the course of the matter and efforts to obtain information, but details and names are illegible. The date reads “w Lwowie d. 28 Martii 1698” — Lviv, 28 March 1698.

The sender addresses a superior and refers to a letter received from the burgrave, connected with the depositing or accounting of dues. The sender asks the recipient to take further action or decide the matter and invokes obligations toward the recipient; some details are uncertain. The letter is dated Lviv, 18 June 1757. The cover on p. 4 is addressed to a superior.

The author addresses a “Reverende in Christo Pater” and discusses a statement of sums and income due to religious institutions. Several houses are named, along with amounts in Polish florins, including 3,000 and 6,500; the text considers the difference between nominal sums and revenue received. The damaged continuation concerns accounting/transfers and matters involving Przemyśl and other houses. The date line on p. 3 gives Przemyśl, 20 June 1760; the given name Cyprian is legible, but the surname is uncertain.

The writer addresses the Chancellor and discusses a matter in which a senator is mentioned. The letter refers to a document presented to the recipient and to further steps; details are difficult to read. The closing date is 23 May 1684. The recipient’s name on the outer leaf remains uncertain.