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Commercial letter to Robert Forbes dated 20 March 1692

The sender replies to Robert Forbes’s correspondence and discusses goods and their accounting. The text refers to consignments, values, and transport, but not all details can be read. Page 45 is the folded address-bearing reverse of the letter.

AI-assisted edition. Working partial reading of a letter. The date is legible in the heading; transaction details remain partly uncertain. Readings must be checked against the original.

Translation / modern text

This letter of 20 March 1692 to Robert Forbes concerns commercial matters, consignments, and accounting. Illegible details and amounts have not been supplied. Page 45 contains the address-bearing reverse.

Original wording — transcription

[PDF s. 44, nagłówek:] [—], den 20 Martii a° 1692. Herrn Robert Forbes. [Odpowiedź na wcześniejszy list; omówienie przesyłek/towarów oraz rozliczenia. Wiele słów i liczb nieczytelnych lub niepewnych.] [Podpis:] Ferdinand Engelhardt [odczyt prawdopodobny]. [PDF s. 45:] składane odwrocie z adresem do Lwowa i śladami pisma; brak pewnego ciągu tekstu.

Reading notes

The heading on PDF p. 44 clearly reads 20 Martii 1692. This is a separate letter from the document on p. 42, dated 13 March 1692.
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