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Copy of a letter to Robert Forbes dated 21 March 1692

The surviving copy of a letter to Robert Forbes concerns a dispute or difficulty related to a delivery and further commercial arrangements. It refers to a consignment and accounting; many sentences are difficult to read. Page 53 contains a short continuation, not a separate text.

AI-assisted edition. Working partial reading of a copy. The day and month are visible; the year is uncertain in the copy’s heading and has not been supplied from adjacent letters. Readings must be checked against the original.

Translation / modern text

This is a copy of a letter to Robert Forbes, dated 21 March. It concerns a commercial matter and a consignment, but the surviving reading does not permit a reliable reconstruction of the substance or accounting. The text on p. 53 is a short continuation.

Original wording — transcription

[PDF s. 52, nagłówek:] Copia Brief ... [podpis/nazwisko niepewne], den 21 Martii [rok niepewny w samym zapisie kopii]. [Do Roberta Forbesa; tekst o sprawie handlowej i przesyłce, częściowo nieczytelny. Pojawiają się wzmianki o umowie/uzgodnieniu oraz rozliczeniu, lecz odczyt niepewny.] [PDF s. 53:] krótki ciąg dalszy kopii; fragmenty słabo czytelne.

Reading notes

PDF p. 52 clearly begins with “Copia” and contains a German letter, not the Polish copies listed in the earlier inventory. Page 53 has a short continuation. This text is separate from the letter dated 20 March on p. 44.
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