Translation / modern text
[P. 65]
My dearly beloved Nephew!
I would do the greatest injustice to my own fortitude if you, my nephew, did not imagine my despair, which will certainly join you [...]. You have stopped, as I hear, parting ways with Your Grace from everything
[P. 66]
[...] I embrace your beloved hearts terribly and this, I assure you, will contribute to my swift journey.
Please, after showing this to the Benefactor, burn [this letter].
[P. 67]
for the delights you send, but I, who am glad for any [...] me [...] worthy of salvation, however it may be, my dear nephew, until the end of my life I am
your most devoted servant
Leszczyńska
[P. 68, address:]
To the Illustrious Lord
The Voivode
of Volhynia
in Lviv
Original wording — transcription
[S. 65]
Muy serdecznie kochany
bratenku
naywiększą bym krzywdę
miała w swojem męstwie
sam, kiedybyś muy bratenku
nie imaginował sobie mo-
iey desperaciey, która pewnie
przyłączenia sie z wami
staliście, słyszę, rozjeżdża-
iąc sie z W[aszą] M[oście]m ze wszego
[S. 66]
miłkim [...] ściskam kochane
serca straszliwo y iuż to
upewniam pomoże do moiey
drogi rychłey.
Proszę pokazawszy te Dobrodzieiowi
spalić.
[S. 67]
na delicie przysyłacie, ale ia
która na wszystkie rade mnie
[...] godnam uratowania,
iakożkolwiek muy kochany
bratenku do zgonu życia
mego iestem
vostre tres affe-
ctione[e] servante
Leszczynska
[S. 68, adres:]
A Monsieur
Monsieur Le Palatin
de Volhynie
a Leopol
Reading notes
Private letter from Anna Katarzyna Leszczyńska to her nephew Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski, Voivode of Volhynia, residing in Lviv. The author asks for the letter to be burned after showing it to the "Benefactor". No date or place of issue in the letter itself (a pencil archival note is visible at the bottom of p. 65: "L. 19 r").
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- Letter to the Voivode of Volhynia from Krotoszyn, 27 December 1698
- Letter to a brother, PDF pp. 9–11
- Letter to the Voivode of Volhynia and starosta of Bila Tserkva
- Letter to a brother with a French ending, PDF pp. 15–18
- Polish letter dated 12 June 1702
- Letter to the Palatine and General of the Ruthenian lands
- Letter to the Voivode of Ruthenia
- Letter to the Voivode of Volhynia
- Letter to the Palatine of Volhynia with French and Polish additions
- Anna Jabłonowska to Jan Jabłonowski regarding Swedish unrest and the recommendation of a servant
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Jabłonowski regarding health issues and travel plans
- Letter from Anna Jabłonowska to Jan Jabłonowski requesting the return of a friend
- Anna Katarzyna Leszczyńska to Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding political and family matters
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding longing and gossip
- Anna Katarzyna Leszczyńska to Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski regarding her despair and journey
- Letter from Anna Leszczyńska to her brother Jan Jabłonowski regarding false suspicions