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132/1/492 · 492-001

Letter to an unidentified benefactor

The sender addresses the recipient as a benefactor. In the surviving, difficult-to-read text, references to a matter, a letter, and a request for action or reply can be recognized; details and people are uncertain. The date written on the letter is 28 February 1692. The outer address leaf preserves a partly illegible form of address.

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Translation / modern text

The sender writes to a benefactor about a matter whose details cannot be read with confidence. The text mentions a letter and a request or action, but the relationships between people and events remain unclear. The letter is dated 28 February 1692. The recipient is unidentified; the superscription and address on the outer sheet are partly illegible.

Original wording — transcription

[Superskrypcja u góry po lewej:] Mci Panu [Torbes?] ... Dobrodziejowi [odczyt niepewny]. [PDF s. 2; datownik u góry po prawej:] 28 Febr[uarii] 1692. Mój Dobrodzieju, [—] ... [—] ... [dalszy tekst trudny do odczytania; rozpoznawalne pojedyncze wyrazy obejmują «sumienia», «oddał», «list» i «Dobrodziej»]. [—] [Podpis:] [nieczytelny]. [PDF s. 3, zapis adresowy na złożonej karcie:] Jmci Panu [—] ... Dobrodziejowi [—]. [Pozostałe słowa adresu niepewne; widoczny ślad pieczęci].

Reading notes

The date 28 February 1692 is read from the date notation on PDF p. 2, not inferred from the inventory card. The signature does not identify the author. PDF p. 3 shows the folded sheet with an address and trace of a seal; the address should not be treated as letter text. The Ukrainian archival inventory card on PDF p. 1 contains unit information, the signature 132/1/492, a note about a beginning in 1692, and one sheet; this is catalog information, not part of the letter. The card's heading is partly illegible.
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