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Letter to Forbes about a debt and payment

The writer addresses Forbes concerning a debt or amount due, mentions promised payment and goods/accounting connected with beer, and asks that the matter be settled. Details and amounts are uncertain.

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Translation / modern text

A partly legible letter to Arthur Forbes concerning a debt or amount due. The writer mentions payment, beer, and earlier arrangements, and asks for the matter to be settled; exact amounts and details are uncertain. The text contains no reliable date or place.

Original wording — transcription

[Nagłówek:] „Mnie wielce Mci Panie Forbes i Dobrodzieju mój”. [Tekst, s. 2–3:] Odczyt częściowy. Nadawca pisze o długu/należności i zapłacie, wspomina „piwo” oraz wcześniejsze ustalenia. Wskazuje, że sprawa nie została jeszcze uregulowana, i prosi o jej załatwienie; szczegóły i kwoty niepewne. [Zakończenie i podpis, s. 3:] formuła służebna; nazwisko nadawcy nieodczytane pewnie. [Datowanie:] w zachowanym tekście brak pewnego datownika. [Adres na odwrocie, s. 3:] adres do Forbesa; pozostałe elementy nieczytelne.

Reading notes

Page 1 is a modern inventory cover; its date 1687 was not used as the letter date. Pages 2–3 show one letter: the text continues at the top of p. 3, while the remainder of that page is the reverse folded address sheet. No separate letter or enclosure was identified.
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